Dagger Brigade

Famous quotes containing the words dagger and/or brigade:

“Consciousness is much more than the thorn, it is the dagger in the flesh.”
—E.M. Cioran (b. 1911)

“[John] Brough’s majority is “glorious to behold.” It is worth a big victory in the field. It is decisive as to the disposition of the people to prosecute the war to the end. My regiment and brigade were both unanimous for Brough [the Union party candidate for governor of Ohio].”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)