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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“guarding the world against their own people.”
― The Grapes of Wrath
― The Grapes of Wrath
“final ration from the Soviet state, the NKVD’s ‘nine grams of lead’.”
― Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege: 1942-1943
― Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege: 1942-1943
“On a good foundation you can raise a good building, and the best foundation in the world is money.”
― Don Quixote
― Don Quixote
“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
“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
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