Frases de Nathan Bedford Forrest

Nathan Bedford Forrest foi o fundador e o primeiro grande líder do Ku Klux Klan, fundado em Pulaski, no Tennessee, em 1865, após o final da Guerra de Secessão. Seu objetivo era impedir a integração social dos negros recém-libertados, como o direito adquirir terras e de votar. O nome da organização, inspirado no barulho feito quando se põe um rifle em ponto de atirar, tem origem da palavra grega Kyklos, que significa Círculo, e da inglesa Clan, que foi escrita com "K". A primeira Ku Klux Klan, fundada por Nathan Bedford Forrest, começou a desaparecer progressivamente, enquanto membros do Partido Democrata instauravam leis segregacionistas inflexíveis nos Estados Unidos . Nathan Bedford Forrest havia acumulado uma fortuna como mercador de escravos e suas tropas massacraram os soldados negros que se renderam em Fort Pillow. Uma de suas manobras consistiu, em 1869, em proceder à dissolução solene da organização. Na realidade, Nathan Bedford Forrest blefava e sua intenção era colocar o Ku Klux Klan numa clandestinidade cada vez maior. Partidários do Partido Republicano organizaram unidades de milícia para desbaratar o Ku Klux Klan. Em 1871 uma lei aprovada no Congresso dos Estados Unidos autorizou o presidente Ulysses S. Grant a usar força militar para reprimir o Ku Klux Klan, o que resultou em centenas de prisões. Em 1882, a Suprema Corte declarou essa lei inconstitucional, porém, o Ku Klux Klan se enfraquecia paulatinamente.

Um segundo grupo intitulado Ku Klux Klan foi fundado em 1915, em Atlanta, por William J. Simmons, atacando não apenas os negros, mas também a Igreja Católica, acusada de maquinações antiamericanas. Wikipedia  

✵ 13. Julho 1821 – 29. Outubro 1877
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Nathan Bedford Forrest: Frases em inglês

“Negro soldiers cannot cope with Southerners”

Regarding the Fort Pillow massacre, as quoted in Personal Memoirs, by U.S. Grant, (Library of America, 1990), p. 483.
Contexto: The river was dyed with the blood of the slaughtered for two hundred yards. The approximate loss was upward of five hundred killed, but few of the officers escaping. My loss was about twenty killed. It is hoped that these facts will demonstrate to the Northern people that Negro soldiers cannot cope with Southerners.

“Men, you may all do as you damn please, but I'm a-goin' home.”

Forrest to Charles Clark, Governor of Mississippi and Isham G. Harris, former Governor of Tennessee, in response to the request that he keep fighting. As quoted in May I Quote You, General Forrest? by Randall Bedwell.
1860s

“There is no doubt we could soon wipe old Sherman off the face of the earth, John, if they'd give me enough men and you enough guns.”

To Captain John Morton, 1864. As quoted in May I Quote You, General Forrest? by Randall Bedwell.
1860s

“Preserve untarnished the reputation you have so nobly won.”

Part of Forrest's last address to his men, 1865. As quoted in May I Quote You, General Forrest? by Randall Bedwell.
1860s

“War means fighting, and fighting means killing.”

As quoted in May I Quote You, General Forrest? by Randall Bedwell.
1860s

“Every moment lost is worth the life of a thousand men.”

Said to Braxton Bragg at Chickamauga, September 18-20, 1863. As quoted in May I Quote You, General Forrest? by Randall Bedwell.
1860s

“Get there first with the most men.”

Reported by General Basil W. Duke and Richard Taylor
Often erroneously reported as "Git thar fustest with the most mostest." In The Quote Verifier : Who Said What, Where, and When (2006) by Ralph Keyes, p. 272, the phrase he used has also been reported to have been "I always make it a rule to get there first with the most men" and "I just took the short cut and got there first with the most men."
1860s

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

As quoted in May I Quote You, General Forrest? by Randall Bedwell.
1860s

“This fight is against slavery; if we lose it, you will be made free.”

As quoted in Report of the Joint Select Committee.

“Does the damned fool want to be blown up? Well, blow him up then. Give him hell, Captain Morton- as hot as you've got it, too.”

At Athens, Alabama, 1864. As quoted in May I Quote You, General Forrest? by Randall Bedwell.
1860s

“I'll officer you.”

Said by Forrest, with saber drawn, to a young lieutenant who would not help in dousing flames on supply wagons set on fire by Union troops on their retreat to Memphis. As quoted in May I Quote You, General Forrest? by Randall Bedwell.
1860s