Carolina QuotesI approve of all you say, gentlemen. The fleet's needs are many and urgent. One, however, must take precedence. This item the men need before all, and we must get it for them without fail and without deferral. We must get the men a victory.
Steven Pressfield Connected to the Carolinas
Source
Alcibades, p. 245
- work
- Tides of War (2000)
- year
- 2000
- locator
- p. 245
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