Nelson A. Miles Quotes
It is unfair to suppose that one party has invariably acted rightly, and that the other is responsible for every wrong that has been committed.
Miles, Nelson A. "The Indian Problem." The North American Review, vol. 128, no. 268, 1879, p. 304.
The Governor had introduced Sharia, Islamic Law, into his state. When a woman was sentenced to death by stoning, the Federal Government nullified the sentence on the ground that stoning was not morally right nor was a death penalty for her actions. The woman was not executed
Frank was questioning Special Prosecutor Ken Starr who objected that a question was “unfair.”
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Nelson Appleton Miles was an American military general who served in the American Civil War, the American Indian Wars, and the Spanish–American War. From 1895 to 1903, he served as the last Commanding General of the United States Army before the office was abolished.
