„That we are beaten is a self-evident fact, and any further resistance on our part would be justly regarded as the very height of folly and rashness.“

— Nathan Bedford Forrest

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„April 7, 1865. General R. E. Lee, the result of the last week must convince you of the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the Army of Northern Virginia in this struggle. I feel that it is so, and regard it as my duty to shift from myself the responsibility of any further effusion of blood, by asking of you the surrender of that portion of the C. S. Army known as the Army of Northern Virginia. U. S. Grant, Lieutenant-General.“
— Ulysses S. Grant
„Through our mother we are part of the solar system and part through that of the whole universe. In the blazing poetry of the fact we are children of the stars.“
— William Golding
„The victimisation of individuals or corporations or groups of people is a very dangerous and difficult development. The fact that careers can be ruined and reputations can be savaged without any particular responsibility on the part of those who are doing it… we live in strange times.“
— Rowan Atkinson