Spanish War Quotes

During the first two months of the war it was the Anarchists more than anyone else who had saved the situation, and much later than this the Anarchist militia, in spite of their indiscipline, were notoriously the best fighters among the purely Spanish forces.

I found out about the Spanish war because I was in Germany when it began.

Rough Riders

At last I have won the Spanish war.

The policy of the United States in the Spanish war and since has given it a position of influence among the nations that it never had before.

[Cesar] Vallejo was at least metaphorically killed by fascist forces, in the sense that he wore himself out raising funds for the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War and got sick and died.

There has been in many quarters severe criticism of the conduct of the war with Spain. Charges of criminal neglect of the soldiers in camp and field and hospital and in transports have been so persistent that, whether true or false, they have made a deep impression upon the country. It is my earnest desire that you shall thoroughly investigate these charges, and make the fullest examination of the administration of the War Department in all of its branches, with the view to establishing the truth or falsity of these accusations. I put upon you no limit to the scope of your investigation. Of all departments connected with the army I invite the closest scrutiny and examination, and shall afford every facility for the most searching inquiry. The records of the War Department and the assistance of its officers shall be subject to your call.

For all those who experienced it, the Spanish Civil War was devastating.

What the Spanish War began the World War accomplished: America became the world's banker and ceased to be the world's pioneer!

The question is very simple. Shall the common man be pushed back in the mud, or shall he not? That was the real issue of the Spanish war.