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Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.
Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.
Our admiration is so given to dead martyrs that we have little time for living heroes.
Our admiration is so given to dead martyrs that we have little time for living heroes.
A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.
A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood.
Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and read more
Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms.
Blood is a cleansing and sanctifying thing, and the nation that regards it as the final horror has lost its read more
Blood is a cleansing and sanctifying thing, and the nation that regards it as the final horror has lost its manhood ... there are many things more horrible than bloodshed, and slavery is one of them!
It is the cause and not merely the death that makes the martyr.
It is the cause and not merely the death that makes the martyr.
A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.
A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.
Although prepared for martyrdom, I prefer that it be postponed.
Although prepared for martyrdom, I prefer that it be postponed.
No one need think that the world can be ruled without blood. The civil sword shall and must be red read more
No one need think that the world can be ruled without blood. The civil sword shall and must be red and bloody.
