This day is a day that is proud to me, having occupied the position that I did for the past twelve years, and been misunderstood by your race. This is the first opportunity I have had during that time to say that I am your friend. I am here a representative of the southern people, one more slandered and maligned than any man in the nation.


Speech before the Pole-Bearers Association (1875)

Nathan Bedford Forrest Quotes

This day is a day that is proud to me, having occupied the position that I did for the past twelve years, and been misunderstood by your race. This...

This day is a day that is proud to me, having occupied the position that I did for the past twelve years, and been misunderstood by your race. This...

This day is a day that is proud to me, having occupied the position that I did for the past twelve years, and been misunderstood by your race. This...

This day is a day that is proud to me, having occupied the position that I did for the past twelve years, and been misunderstood by your race. This...