We have more to fear from the opinions of our friends than the bayonets of our enemies." Politician turned Union General — Shelby Foote, The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
We have more to fear from the opinions of our friends than the bayonets of our enemies." Politician turned Union General — Shelby Foote, The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
We have more to fear from the opinions of our friends than the bayonets of our enemies." Politician turned Union General — Shelby Foote, The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
We have more to fear from the opinions of our friends than the bayonets of our enemies." Politician turned Union General — Shelby Foote, The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
We have more to fear from the opinions of our friends than the bayonets of our enemies." Politician turned Union General — Shelby Foote, The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
We have more to fear from the opinions of our friends than the bayonets of our enemies." Politician turned Union General — Shelby Foote, The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
We have more to fear from the opinions of our friends than the bayonets of our enemies." Politician turned Union General — Shelby Foote, The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
We have more to fear from the opinions of our friends than the bayonets of our enemies." Politician turned Union General — Shelby Foote, The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
We have more to fear from the opinions of our friends than the bayonets of our enemies." Politician turned Union General — Shelby Foote, The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
We have more to fear from the opinions of our friends than the bayonets of our enemies." Politician turned Union General — Shelby Foote, The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
We have more to fear from the opinions of our friends than the bayonets of our enemies." Politician turned Union General — Shelby Foote, The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
We have more to fear from the opinions of our friends than the bayonets of our enemies." Politician turned Union General — Shelby Foote, The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
We have more to fear from the opinions of our friends than the bayonets of our enemies." Politician turned Union General — Shelby Foote, The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
We have more to fear from the opinions of our friends than the bayonets of our enemies." Politician turned Union General — Shelby Foote, The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
We have more to fear from the opinions of our friends than the bayonets of our enemies." Politician turned Union General — Shelby Foote, The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
We have more to fear from the opinions of our friends than the bayonets of our enemies." Politician turned Union General — Shelby Foote, The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
We have more to fear from the opinions of our friends than the bayonets of our enemies." Politician turned Union General — Shelby Foote, The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
We have more to fear from the opinions of our friends than the bayonets of our enemies." Politician turned Union General — Shelby Foote, The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
We have more to fear from the opinions of our friends than the bayonets of our enemies." Politician turned Union General — Shelby Foote, The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
We have more to fear from the opinions of our friends than the bayonets of our enemies." Politician turned Union General — Shelby Foote, The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
We have more to fear from the opinions of our friends than the bayonets of our enemies." Politician turned Union General — Shelby Foote, The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
We have more to fear from the opinions of our friends than the bayonets of our enemies." Politician turned Union General — Shelby Foote, The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
We have more to fear from the opinions of our friends than the bayonets of our enemies." Politician turned Union General — Shelby Foote, The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
We have more to fear from the opinions of our friends than the bayonets of our enemies." Politician turned Union General — Shelby Foote, The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
We have more to fear from the opinions of our friends than the bayonets of our enemies." Politician turned Union General — Shelby Foote, The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
We have more to fear from the opinions of our friends than the bayonets of our enemies." Politician turned Union General — Shelby Foote, The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
We have more to fear from the opinions of our friends than the bayonets of our enemies." Politician turned Union General — Shelby Foote, The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
We have more to fear from the opinions of our friends than the bayonets of our enemies." Politician turned Union General — Shelby Foote, The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
We have more to fear from the opinions of our friends than the bayonets of our enemies." Politician turned Union General — Shelby Foote, The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
We have more to fear from the opinions of our friends than the bayonets of our enemies." Politician turned Union General — Shelby Foote, The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
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We have more to fear from the opinions of our friends than the bayonets of our enemies." Politician turned Union General Nathaniel Banks, in plea he couldn't abandon an untenable position.

— Shelby Foote, The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
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