“When Mr.Cunningham ran outside during the battle shouting "Hurrah for Jeff Davis!", a Union shot clipped his ear. Mr.Cunningham ran back inside… — Clint Johnson Copy Share Image
With one terrible exception, the Civil War, law and the Constitution have kept America whole and free. — Anthony Lewis Copy Share Image
It was a marvel, an enigma in abolition latitudes, that the slaves did not rise en-masse, at the beginning of hostilities. — Rebecca Latimer Felton Copy Share Image
Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
General Grant had no fixed plan of campaign beyond the general idea to avoid the strong defensive line occupied by General Lee… — James Longstreet Copy Share Image
The civil war in Rwanda and other ethnic massacres were an integral part of US foreign policy, carefully staged in accordance with… — Michel Chossudovsky Copy Share Image
“The Little War? How can there be a little war? Are some deaths smaller than others, leaving mothers who weep a little… — Margarita Engle Copy Share Image
We need to focus on killing the bad guys, not getting stuck in Middle Eastern civil wars that don't keep America safe. — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
The glory of this land has been its capacity for transcending the moral evils of our past. For example, the long struggle… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
It cost about 75 cents to kill a man in Ceasar's time. The price rose to about $3,000 per man during the… — Homer Bone Copy Share Image
This union has been divided in like a civil war - brother against brother - sister against sister. And I'm pulling it… — James P. Hoffa Copy Share Image
When you think about the current present value of the fossil fuel reserves that are on the books, the current fossil fuel… — Chris Hayes Copy Share Image
“Widespread violence against civilians also demonstrated that the Spanish Civil War was, sadly enough, not a unique case in modern history: such… — Geoffrey Jensen Copy Share Image
As for Vietnam, what matters is that Kennedy successfully resisted pressure to send anything more than military advisers, a stance that was… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
“I felt entangled now: this March, this South, this war, history. History could not possibly let the South get away with slavery;… — Cynthia Bass Copy Share Image
Thanks to Hillary Clinton, Iran is now the dominant Islamic power in the Middle East, and on the road to nuclear weapons.… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
I dream that someday the United States will be on the side of the peasants in some civil war. I dream that… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
“Civil war... What did the words mean? Was there any such thing as 'foreign war'? Was not all warfare between men warfare… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Over the last 30 odd years, Democrats have moved to the right and the right has moved into the mental hospital. So… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
“We can take things as slowly as you want, but you know it’s too late now to change your mind, Pierce,” he… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
“By the following morning, September 15, Jackson had positioned nearly fifty guns on Maryland Heights and at the base of Loudoun Heights. … — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
“NATIONS FAIL TODAY because their extractive economic institutions do not create the incentives needed for people to save, invest, and innovate. Extractive… — Daron Acemoğlu Copy Share Image
“Feeling increasingly at odds with his superiors, in a letter sent from Gaines’ Mills, Virginia dated June 28, 1862, a frustrated McClellan… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
“….two slate-colored gravestones settled at a slant into the lower corner of the field beside the lane. She could not read the… — Gladys Hasty Carroll Copy Share Image
I don't underrate the value of military knowledge, but if men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail. — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
If you surrender you shall be treated as prisoners of war, but if I haveto storm your works you may expect no… — Nathan Bedford Forrest Copy Share Image
I've always been a Civil War buff. In fact, the ships that always fascinated me the most were the ironclads, because they… — Clive Cussler Copy Share Image
I believe it to be the duty of everyone to unite in the restoration of the country and the reestablishment of peace… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
“You don’t mess with a man’s weapons in the USA. That’s how fistfights and civil wars start. He” — Kurt Schlichter Copy Share Image
“For realists, the true story of the Civil War illuminates the problem of ostensibly sober-minded compromise with powerful, and intractable, evil.” — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
I am trying to prevent a bloodbath. Is that clear enough for you? I'm trying to prevent a civil war that could… — Larry Niven Copy Share Image
Few Americans born after the Civil War know much about war. Real war. War that seeks you out. War that arrives on… — Nick Turse Copy Share Image
“The Civil War was pre-eminently a political war, a war of peoples rather than of professional armies.” — James M. McPherson Copy Share Image
What a beautiful world God, in His loving kindness to His creatures, has given us! What a shame that men endowed with… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
Gold begets in brethren hate; Gold in families debate; Gold does friendship separate; Gold does civil wars create. — Abraham Cowley Copy Share Image
I have heard of 'the dead lying in heaps', but never saw it till this battle. Whole ranks fell together. — Emory Upton Copy Share Image
The civil war which has so long prevailed between Spain and the Provinces in South America still continues, without any prospect of… — James Monroe Copy Share Image
“Supposedly, there was a civil war going on and my brother was part of it. Welcome to the struggle.” — James Cox Copy Share Image
And we love to dance, especially that new one called the Civil War Twist. The Northern part of you stands still while… — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
I do not support a civil war. I don't want to be policeman of the world. But we can't back off of… — John Kasich Copy Share Image
