Chardonnet Elegant Quotes & Sayings

In 1856 ... I preferred the success of a candidate whose election would prevent or postpone secession, to seeing the country plunged into a war the end of which no man could foretell. With a Democrat elected by the unanimous vote of the Slave States, there could be no pretext for secession for four years ... I therefore voted for James Buchanan as President. — Ulysses S. Grant

Nowadays, if you are afraid of confrontation, you are not going to do very well. — Bill Parcells

The most important lesson Louise learned a week before her ninth birthday was the hardest one to keep in mind. Sometimes what sounded like a good plan wasn't. — Wen Spencer

Locked, cocked, and ready to rock, sir! — Shane Berryhill

Was it the forgetfulness of old age or personal incapacity that made the man able to say please but not thank you? — Yann Martel

Praying gives sense, brings wisdom, and broadens and strengthens the mind. The prayer closet is a perfect schoolteacher and schoolhouse for the preacher. Thought is not only brightened and clarified in prayer, but thought is born in prayer. — Edward McKendree Bounds

No mother would ever willingly sacrifice her sons for territorial gain, for economic advantage, for ideology. — Ronald Reagan

Love is putting yourself second — Taylor Hanson

The most important causes of political arrangements and acts are found in the nature and behavior of man. — Kenneth Waltz