Quotes About Mexican American War

#1. The United States has used force abroad more than 130 times, but has only declared war five times - the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, the Spanish-American War, and World Wars I and II.

John Yoo

#2. Justin Butterfield of Illinois, a Federalist-turned-Whig, said of the Mexican-American War, said, "I opposed one war and it ruined me. From now on I am for war, pestilence and famine.

Michael S. Green

#3. Although most Americans believed in Manifest Destiny, few could agree on exactly which lands the United States was supposed to govern.

Charles W. Carey Jr.

#4. Books are my very favorite gift to give. If you give a book to someone and they really respond to it, you feel you've actually changed their life in some way.

Jeannette Walls

#5. Governments can do both great and stupid things.

Katherine Rundell

#6. I have a Missouri Fox Trotter. So mine's like a quarter horse, but just a much better gait - it moves very fast.

Mitt Romney

#7. I think that as long as you have one decent parent ... maybe you should consider cutting the poison out of your life.

Brenna Aubrey

#8. High thoughts must have high language.

Aristophanes

#9. In this time of recession, it is the time for invention. Did you know both the telephone and the automobile were invented during recessions? So was 'talking dirty.'

Eugene Mirman