``What has North Carolina done for Franklin?'' he cried. ``Protected her? Repudiated her? You gave her to the Confederacy for a war debt, and the Confederacy flung her back. You shook yourselves free from Carolina's tyranny, and traitors betrayed you again. And now they have betrayed your leader. Will you avenge him, or will you sit down like cowards while they hang him for treason?''
His voice was drowned, but he stood immovable with arms folded until there was silence again. ``Will you rescue him?'' he cried, and the roar rose again.英文原著 · 《The Crossing》
280-277 Antigonus Gonatas . 277-239 Demetrius II . 239-229 Antigonus Doson . 229-220 Philip V . 220-178 Perseus . 178-167
In the following gear Antigonus was succeeded by Philip V., the son of Demetrius II., who was then about sixteen or seventeen years of age. His youth encouraged the AEtolians to make predatory incursions into the Peloponnesus. That people were a species of freebooters, and the terror of their neighbours; yet they were united, like the Achaeans, in a confederacy or league.英文原著 · 《A Smaller History of Greece》
During our Civil War, it was the Green Irish that resisted the draft in New York. They would not fight. You have heard of the draft riots in New York in 1862. They would not fight for the Confederacy either.英文原著 · 《A Straight Deal》
That the conduct of some colonies from the beginning of this contest, had given reason to suspect it was their settled policy to keep in the rear of the confederacy, that their particular prospect might be better, even in the worst event:英文原著 · 《AUTOBIOGRAPHY》
If it does, pay equally. If it does not add weight in the scale of the confederacy, it cannot add to their rights, nor weigh in argument. has pound 50. pound 500. pound 1000. in partnership. Is it just they should equally dispose of the monies of the partnership? It has been said we are independent individuals making a bargain together.英文原著 · 《AUTOBIOGRAPHY》
[Stephen] Hopkins observed there were 4 larger, 4 smaller, & 4 middle-sized colonies. That the 4 largest would contain more than half the inhabitants of the confederated states, & therefore would govern the others as they should please. That history affords no instance of such a thing as equal representation. The Germanic body votes by states. The Helvetic body does the same; & so does the Belgic confederacy. That too little is known of the ancient confederations to say what was their practice.英文原著 · 《AUTOBIOGRAPHY》
In Gaffney, people called it the "War of Northern Aggression." I personally take no pride in the Confederacy.美剧 · 《House of Cards》