Nathan Bedford Forrest Quotes

Nathan Bedford Forrest (American - General)

 

July 13, 1821 - October 29, 1877

 

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Never stand and take a charge... charge them too.

 

 

 

War means fighting, and fighting means killing.

 

 

 

I am not an enemy of the Negro. We want him here among us; he is the only laboring class we have.

 

 

 

I ended the war a horse ahead.

 

 

 

I've got no respect for any young man who won't join the colors.

 

 

 

Get there first with the most.

 

 

 

No damn man kills me and lives.

 

 

 

We have but one flag, one country; let us stand together. We may differ in color, but not in sentiment. Many things have been said about me which are wrong, and which white and black persons here, who stood by me through the war, can contradict.