A question settled by violence, or in disregard of law, must remain unsettled forever. — Jefferson Davis Copy Share Image
I don't care a damn for their guns, or you either, sir! What I want is the Southside Railroad! — Philip Sheridan Copy Share Image
I'm Beginning To Wonder If It Would Have Been Best Had The South Won The Civil War. — Ted Nugent Copy Share Image
When I was a girl, civil war in Sudan forced me to flee my home town of Wau. — Alek Wek Copy Share Image
There are more African Americans under correctional control, in prison or jail, on probation or parole, than were enslaved in 1850 a… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
There was so much going on in 1936 with the height of the Great Depression and the Spanish Civil War and Germany… — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image
Well, I could be wrong, but I believe, uh, diversity is an old, old wooden ship that was used during the Civil… — Anchorman Copy Share Image
We were lavish of blood in those days, and it was thought to be a grand thing to charge a battery or… — Daniel Harvey Hill Copy Share Image
Syria will remain a hotbed of terrorism as long as the civil war, aided and abetted by the Iranians and the Russians,… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
The Bible is a radically pro-slavery document. Slave owners waved Bibles over their heads during the Civil War and justified it. — Dan Savage Copy Share Image
Well, I could be wrong, but I believe diversity is an old, old wooden ship that was used during the Civil War… — Will Ferrell Copy Share Image
Thousands of Liberians settled in the United States in the 1990s and early 2000s when their country was devastated by Civil Wars. — Dean Phillips Copy Share Image
“While adoration periodically crept into the relationships between slaves and overseers, their most unsavory interactions provided the inexplicable narrative for a dark… — Trevor P. Wardlaw Copy Share Image
“nation and the Framers of the Constitution. They were sufficiently worried about corporate power that they didn’t even include in the Constitution… — Thom Hartmann Copy Share Image
For an enemy so relentless in the war for our subjugation, we could not be expected to mourn; yet, in view of… — Jefferson Davis Copy Share Image
After I finished the Tycoons - on post-Civil War development - I realized how much I didn't know about the first half… — Charles R. Morris Copy Share Image
..if the Northern states refuse, willfully and deliberately, to carry into effect that part of the Constitution which respects the restoration of… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
Probably half the cases of Civil War dead were not identified. And so there was no way to let loved ones know,… — Drew Gilpin Faust Copy Share Image
“That doesn't sound like civil war to me," said Gaylen, turning back to his book with a smile. "It only sounds silly."… — Natalie Babbitt Copy Share Image
So far from engaging in a war to perpetuate slavery, I am rejoiced that Slavery is abolished. I believe it will be… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
“With faulty caps and no artillery present, the Stonewall Brigade fought with knife, bayonet, gun butt, and fist. Those who were able,… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
“Secretary Seward, who was Lincoln’s Secretary of State—a long-headed and shrewd politician—prophesied that the war would be over in ninety days; and… — D.L. Moody Copy Share Image
“We all thought Richmond, protected as it was by our splendid fortifications and defended by our army of veterans, could not be… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
“The camp lived up to expectations as warmly dressed guards forced them to undress outside the gate where they searched them for… — George Levy Copy Share Image
“The belief that the Civil War wasn’t for us was the result of the country’s long search for a narrative that could… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
“In Julia’s view, the Dent slaves were all “very happy. At least they were in mamma’s time, though the young ones became… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
“[My grandfather] returned to what he called ‘studying.’ He sat looking down at his lap, his left hand idle on the chair… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
The market literature, which was particularly strong in Igboland, in Onitsha, today it is no longer strong. It is one of the… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
In a civil war… every side is wrong. It’s hopeless to try to untangle it. Everyone is a victim. — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
“Has there ever been a country that, once colonized, avoided civil war?” — Roma Tearne Copy Share Image
I am a little uneasy about the abolishment of slavery in this District of Columbia. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“Civil Wars happen when the victimized are armed. Genocide happens when they are not.” — A.E. Samaan Copy Share Image
“Sea and land may lie between us, but my heart is always there with you.” — Nancy B. Brewer Copy Share Image
General, unless he offers us honorable terms, come back and let us fight it out! — James Longstreet Copy Share Image
![“With faulty caps and no artillery present, the Stonewall Brigade fought with knife, bayonet, gun butt, and fist. Those who were able, fled; the remainder were killed.[34] By May 14, 1864, there were less than 200 members of the Stonewall Brigade still in action. These men and survivors from other…” quote by Charles River Editors](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/81c/charles-river-editors-1165_quote_with-faulty-caps-and-no-artillery-presen_1561211.jpg)
![“[My grandfather] returned to what he called ‘studying.’ He sat looking down at his lap, his left hand idle on the chair arm, his right scratching his head, his white hair gleaming in the lamplight. I knew that when he was studying he was thinking, but I did not know what about. Now I have aged…” quote by Wendell Berry](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/8b6/wendell-berry-236_civil-war_my-grandfather-returned-to-what-he-calle_1877401.jpg)
