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1812 Quotes & Sayings

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So as near as I could tell the end of the world began roughly about the time that Billy Carver's butt rang about halfway through the War of 1812. — Steve Vernon

The War of 1812 was, at least in part, America's grand attempt to compel Europe to take the United States seriously as a sovereign nation. — Troy Bickham

It's a great honor ... and it's an honor to be with her majesty, obviously ... I'm very honored to be given this honor.
(upon receiving the OBE) — David Beckham

You will eat from where you work with all your strength — Sunday Adelaja

He is not a great man. None of us are great men. We are just caught in the wave of history. — Dave Malloy

Any situation that pushes our buttons is a situation where we don't yet have the capacity to be unconditionally loving. — Marianne Williamson

The dey of Algiers took the occasion of the War of 1812 to renege on his treaty obligations with the United States; — Adrian Tinniswood

Impact is more important than method. — Tony Andruzzi

The newspaper publisher who hangs around clubs or becomes a crony to sundry businessmen cannot run a good newspaper. — Dennis McDougal

Between 1803 and 1812 Britain and France and their allies seized nearly fifteen hundred American ships, with Britain taking 917 to France's 558. — Gordon S. Wood

The beginning of Book Three is the last one that I drew, where V's conducting the 1812 overture. — David Lloyd

The only winner in the War of 1812 was Tchaikovsky. — Solomon Short

Aboard a sailing ship sometime around the War of 1812, — Kate Milford

Partly because of the huge costs involved, a government contract becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiosity. — Hallam Stevens

The War of 1812 perhaps the least remembered of American wars because it was fought in such a left-handed slapdash manner on both sides. — Charles R. Morris

Very little is known about the War of 1812 because the Americans lost it. — Eric Nicol

Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, So, you're back from Moscow, eh? — P.G. Wodehouse

You will find rest on Sabbath day for your soul. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I did try to get a few of those teen high-school movies, but they just didn't like me. I guess I wasn't a certain type. — Leelee Sobieski

After all, we fought the Yanks in 1812 and kicked them the hell out of our country - but not with blanks. — Farley Mowat

In 1812 the U.S. Army consisted of fewer than seven thousand regular troops. — Gordon S. Wood

English kings married their cousins and so their kids were as sharp as clubs. — Peter Prasad

Love was love, and always demanded more than a lover was capable of giving. — Benjamin Black