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and the fact that Blue Jacket was dug in. A successful store owner, slave trader, and holder of livestock, he had a large family and a son receiving a British education in Detroit. With so much at stake, Blue Jacket was not about to cede
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“No, I am not,” Grant shot back, “but in war anything is better than indecision. We must decide. If I am wrong we shall soon find it out, and can do the other thing. But not to decide wastes both time and money and may ruin everything.”
― Grant
― Grant
“The tendency to look for all causes outside ourselves persists even when it is clear that our state of being is the product of personal qualities such as ability, character, appearance, health and so on.”
― The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements
― The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements
“Why, Jesus, they’re as dangerous as niggers in the South! If they ever get together there ain’t nothin’ that’ll stop ‘em.”
― The Grapes of Wrath
― The Grapes of Wrath
“guarding the world against their own people.”
― The Grapes of Wrath
― The Grapes of Wrath
“War is the unfolding of miscalculations. —BARBARA TUCHMAN”
― On Desperate Ground: The Marines at The Reservoir, the Korean War's Greatest Battle
― On Desperate Ground: The Marines at The Reservoir, the Korean War's Greatest Battle
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