Gideon Welles quotes
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“On the Avenue in front of the White House were several hundred colored people, mostly women and children, weeping and wailing their loss. This crowd did not diminish through the whole of that cold, wet day; they seemed not to know what was to by their fate since their great benefactor was dead, and though strong and brave men wept when I met them, the hopeless grief of those poor colored people affected me more than almost anything else.”
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“It is vain to expect a well-balanced government without a well-balanced society.”
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“The hopeless grief of those poor colored people affected me more than almost anything else.”
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“The War has been waged with success, although there have been in some instances errors and misfortunes. But the heart of the nation is sounder and its hopes brighter.”
-- Gideon WellesSource : Gideon Welles (2014). “Diary of Gideon Welles: Volumes I & II (Expanded)”, p.472, BIG BYTE BOOKS
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“Earth and high heaven are fixed of old and founded strong.”
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“The music had to be rooted, and yet had to branch out,like the wild imagination of a child.”
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Source : A.C. Grayling (2012). “Against All Gods: Six Polemics on Religion and an Essay on Kindness”, p.12, Oberon Books
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“War is not an accident. It is the logical outcome of a certain way of life.”
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