“The man fights, I cannot spare him”.
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One of the great quotes in American history.
Nicely done, in astutely, associating it with the battler, Sarah Palin. Good post.
Coincidentally, I’m currently reading Grant’s superb autobiography. Another intelligent, highly capable man dismissed as being stupid and ignorant by the effete, feckless, unaccomplished intelligentsia.
Grant’s autobiography is superb. His orders were always clear and concise and shows his command over the language.
If my memory from CW reading serves, there were many that were convinced Grant had been drinking heavily during various points during the Vicksburg campaign.
As great of a general as he was, his Presidency probably wasn’t, as the Credit Mobilier scandal may have indicated.