I was always a friend of southern rights, but an enemy of southern wrongs. Benjamin Butler More Quotes by Benjamin Butler More Quotes From Benjamin Butler A man, if he be active and energetic, can hardly fail also, be he never so selfish, of benefiting the general public interest. Benjamin Butler selfishfailingmen Might the peasant expect the Almighty to stay the thunder storm, which clears the air of a nation from pestilence, lest the lightning bold should in its flash kill his cow? Benjamin Butler lightningstormair
