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Johann de Kalb Quotes

1721–1780 France

Johann von Robais, Baron de Kalb (19 June 1721 – 19 August 1780), born Johann Kalb, was a Bavarian-born French military officer who served as a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and was killed in action by the British during the Battle of Camden.

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I thank you sir for your generous sympathy, but I die the death I always prayed for, the death of a soldier fighting for the rights of man.

It is with equal regret, my dear sirs, that I part with you. Because I feel a presentiment that we part to meet no more.

Well, sir. Perhaps a few hours will show who are the brave.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Johann de Kalb (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.