Quotes from Nathan Bedford Forrest

I ended the war a horse ahead.

No damn man kills me and lives.

I am not an enemy of the Negro. We want him here among us; he is the only laboring class we have.

Never stand and take a charge... charge them too.

We have but one flag, one country; let us stand together. We may differ in color, but not in sentiment.

We have but one flag, one country; let us stand together. We may differ in color, but not in sentiment. Many things have been said about me which are wrong, and which white and black persons here, who stood by me through the war, can contradict.

I've got no respect for any young man who won't join the colors.

Abolish the Loyal League and the Ku Klux Klan; let us come together and stand together.

I have stood your meanness as long as I intend to. You have played the part of a damn scoundrel, and if you were any part of a man I would slap your jaws and force you to resent it.

I will be in my coffin before I will fight again under your command.

If you surrender you shall be treated as prisoners of war, but if I haveto storm your works you may expect no quarter.

War means fighting, and fighting means killing.

I did not come here for the purpose of surrendering my command.

Forward, men, and mix with them.

Get there first with the most.

I can always make it a rule to get there first with the most men.

Get there first with the most men.

What I desire most of you, my son, is never to gamble or swear. These are baneful vices.

I've got no respect for any young man who won't join the colors.

I ended the war a horse ahead.

Get there first with the most men.