Shelby Foote Quotes

Grant was something rare in that or any war. He could learn from experience.

I abhor the idea of a perfect world. It would bore me to tears.

We have more to fear from the opinions of our friends than the bayonets of our enemies." Politician turned Union General Nathaniel Banks, in plea he couldn't abandon an untenable position.

A university is just a group of buildings gathered around a library.