Forces Opened Fire

Famous quotes containing the words forces, opened and/or fire:

“Testimony of all ages forces us to admit that war is among the most dangerous enemies to liberty, and that the executive is the branch most favored by it of all the branches of Power.”
—James Madison (1751–1836)

“Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.”
—Bible: New Testament, Matthew 7.7.

“Forty years after a battle it is easy for a noncombatant to reason about how it ought to have been fought. It is another thing personally and under fire to have to direct the fighting while involved in the obscuring smoke of it.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)