We hoped for a happy termination of this terrible war long before this; but God knows best, and has ruled otherwise. We… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
We have a sufficient political class, and the military doesn't have to get involved in high national office. The days of doing… — Jack Keane Copy Share Image
It is almost inconceivable that citizens of that time were willing to support so bloody a war, by putting so high a… — Michael Novak Copy Share Image
the worst wars are religious wars between sects of the same religion or civil wars between brothers of the same race. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I am sympathetic to the fact that Turkey is doing everything it can to prevent the civil war in Syria from spilling… — Thomas de Maiziere Copy Share Image
...our state will not...secede. Have no doubt but Lincoln will make a good president - at least we ought to give him… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We were lavish of blood in those days, and it was thought to be a great thing to charge a battery of… — Daniel Harvey Hill Copy Share Image
Since before the Civil War, crosses have indeed garnished veterans' memorials from the North to the South, from Arlington to Normandy, and… — Chuck Norris Copy Share Image
It is often said that Americans have no sense of history. Ask a college student who Jimmy Carter was and they will… — J. Maarten Troost Copy Share Image
When news of the surrender first reached our lines our men commenced firing a salute of a hundred guns in honor of… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
There are at present many Coloured men in the Confederate Army doing duty not only as cooks, servants and labourers, but real… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
It is said slavery is all we are fighting for, and if we give it up we give up all. Even if… — Patrick Cleburne Copy Share Image
In 1993, my first documentary was about the civil war in Algeria. That was in French and in Arabic. Another short film… — Luca Guadagnino Copy Share Image
“The few and scattered references of freedpeople suffering from the challenges of emancipation have been overlooked because these episodes do not fit… — Jim Downs Copy Share Image
In 2013, I had to do 'The Wright Stuff' on about an hour's sleep. I was asked, 'What do you make of… — Rylan Clark-Neal Copy Share Image
“these instances bore none of the harrowing features of racially motivated torture, mutilation, and cruelty endemic to Euro-American lynching of African Americans.… — Helmut Walser Smith Copy Share Image
“Everything leads me to believe it,” he replied. “They got their hands on this communist who wasn’t one, while still being one.… — David Talbot Copy Share Image
“You called it selfish and cruel that men should trade value for value—you have now established an unselfish society where they trade… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“After the battle ended and the Union army was in rapid retreat, Beauregard stated sardonically that had Richmond dispatched adequate supplies to… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
Thus these three amendments to the Constitution [13th, 14th, 15th] were ratified while the ten Southern states were under martial law, and… — Eustace Mullins Copy Share Image
“Had the European traveller chanced upon Philip Dru, Administrator, a novel published anonymously the previous year about an America of the near… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“He immediately had Rawlins summon stretcher bearers, but was dismayed when they removed the Union officer and overlooked the Confederate private. “Take… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
“The biologist and intellectual E. O. Wilson was once asked what represented the most hindrance to the development of children; his answer… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
“The Spanish Civil War proved both the revolutionary vigour of communitarian bonds and forms which have been penetrated by capital but which… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If I gave McClellan all the men he asked for, they could not find room to lie down; they'd have to sleep… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I have never in my life taken a command into battle and had the slightest desire to come out alive unless I… — Philip Sheridan Copy Share Image
Our Civil War history is important, but it belongs in textbooks and museums - not a place of allegiance on our Capitol… — Roy Cooper Copy Share Image
“In the presence of...civil war, to testify to humanity!...to prove that above royalties, above revolutions, above earthly questions, there is the immense… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
When Lincoln ran into trouble during the Civil War, he got new generals. He brought in Grant. I hope that President Obama… — Marcy Kaptur Copy Share Image
We cannot afford to be idle, and though weaker than our opponents in men and military equipments, must endeavor to harass, if… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
My religious faith remains in possession of the field only after prolonged civil war with my naturally skeptical mind. — William Lyon Phelps Copy Share Image
If the Constitution is adopted (and it was) the Union will be in fact and in theory an association of States or… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Civil war, now, 100 years in the future - the things that motivate human beings, they don't change emotionally. — Brian Azzarello Copy Share Image
General Lee, this is no place for you. These men behind you are Georgians and Virginians. They have never failed you and… — John Brown Gordon Copy Share Image
...funny how people want a return to the good ole days. Of coarse the good ole days of being a rich white… — Rita Mae Brown Copy Share Image
The understanding of Syria's devastating civil war has been distorted by the immense danger and difficulty of covering it. — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
In the decade before the Civil War various north and south lines of railway were projected and some of these were assisted… — John Moody Copy Share Image
“Since the Civil War...the most unruly, the most independent, the most republican of American citizens have been the small farmer.” — Walter Karp Copy Share Image
The Union, which can alone insure internal peace, and external security to each State, Must and Shall be Preserved, cost what it… — George B. McClellan Copy Share Image
I happen temporarily to occupy this big White House. I am living witness that any one of your children may look to… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
![“Thus these three amendments to the Constitution [13th, 14th, 15th] were ratified while the ten Southern states were under martial law, and "had no law at all." The Force Acts, the four Reconstruction Acts, and the Civil Rights Act were all passed by Congress while the Southern states were not…” quote by Eustace Mullins](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/329/eustace-mullins-25201_amendments_thus-these-three-amendments-to-the-const_1842281.jpg)
