Quote#Freedom
The day you make soldiers of them is the beginning of the end
Quote byHowell Cobb · 1815–1868
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Howell Cobb. "Letter to James A. Seddon", in: Encyclopædia Britannica] (1911), Hugh Chisholm, editor, 11th ed., Cambridge University Press..
English (original)
The day you make soldiers of them is the beginning of the end
— Howell Cobb
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