Quotes About The Mexican American War

#1. 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

#2. 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

#3. My new one (tattoo) says 'Never a failure, always a lesson' and is kind of my mantra to life, just a reminder. My life is just a crazy rollercoaster every day and whenever I read that it just reassures me.

Rihanna

#4. The essence of all religions is one. Only their approaches are different.

Mahatma Gandhi

#5. In the action of no-action (wu-wei), a cardinal aspect of the true creative process is set forth. In wu-wei, the mind is silenced and the work is allowed to express itself.

John Daido Loori

#6. The Metaphor is one of thoughts most essential tools. It illuminates what would otherwise be totally obscure. But the illumination is sometimes so bright that it dazzles instead of revealing.

Alistair Gray

#7. In conclusion, if the Sun went out, we would see a variety of benefits across many areas of our lives. Are there any downsides to this scenario? We would all freeze and die.

Randall Munroe

#8. I don't believe in outing people. It's up to the individual, but there's nothing wrong putting the pressure on.

Rick Mercer

#9. It's a lot of hard work, competing and not giving up. I think you get more appreciated the older you get.

Daniel Nestor

#10. In the light of the Divine Goodness, it seems to me, though others may think differently, that ingratitude is the most abominable of sins and that it should be detested in the sight of our Creator and Lord by all of His creatures who are capable of enjoying His divine and everlasting glory.

Saint Ignatius

#11. Little birds fly through many a dark tunnel.

George R R Martin

#12. He was not what he made up his mind to be. A man was the sum of his limits: freedom only made him see how much so. America was no America.

Gish Jen

#13. It's just my creepy science mind at work. I was thinking how bizarre it is that a parasite is growing in you and will eventually explode from your body through an extremely narrow opening, and yet you will both survive.

Erin McCarthy

#14. 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.

#15. I don't miss playing football, but I do miss going into the dressing room every day and having a laugh.

Alan Hansen

#16. Our towers aren't fair and lovely they're valor and honor that's what good is.

Soman Chainani

#17. The only race I know is the human one.

Albert Einstein