Top 8 Winfield Scott Quotes
#1. Every man as well as every day has its lights and shades.
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#2. The enemy say that Americans are good at a long shot, but cannot stand the cold iron. I call upon you instantly to give a lie to this slander. Charge!
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#3. Brave rifles! Veterans! You have been baptized in fire and blood and have come out steel!
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#4. Say to the seceded States, "Wayward sisters, depart in peace."
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#5. I placed the Marines where the hardest work was to be accomplished, and I never once found my confidence in them misplaced.
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#6. Peace won by compromise is usually a short lived achievement.
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#7. You are very fortunate to be assigned to duty at Fortress Monroe on Chesapeake Bay; it is just the season for soft shelled crabs, and hog fish have just come in, and they are the most delicious panfish you ever ate.
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#8. There are times when a corps commander's life does not count.
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