...as soon as the war was over, they had to justify what was done. — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
The three most written-about subjects of all time are Jesus, the Civil War, and the Titanic. — Daniel Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
Success and glory are in the advance, disaster and shame lurk in the rear. — John Pope Copy Share Image
“On this night of the Harvest Moon. They tossed bones into the “Bone Fire” and asked the yellow moon to shine its… — Nancy B. Brewer Copy Share Image
For myself, I care not whether treason be committed North or South; he that is guilty of treason is entitled to a… — Andrew Johnson Copy Share Image
Because of the Lebanese civil war, I had a scattered childhood. I had to build my own connections to each country we… — Yasmine Hamdan Copy Share Image
The Union is much older than the Constitution. It was formed in fact, by the Articles of Association in 1774. It was… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I am more anxious than I can express that my men should be not only good soldiers of their country, but also… — Stonewall Jackson Copy Share Image
“In the years preceding the Civil War in America, Christian ministers wrote nearly half of all defenses of slavery.” — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought between men, between brothers? — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
I see every chance of a long, confused and disorganizing civil war, and I feel no desire to take a hand therein. — William Tecumseh Sherman Copy Share Image
Pity for these inhabitants, I have none. In the first place, they are rebels, and I am almost prepared to agree with… — Charles Fessenden Morse Copy Share Image
We are scattered, stunned; the remnant of heart left alive is filled with brotherly hate... Whose fault? Everybody blamed somebody else. Only… — Mary Boykin Chesnut Copy Share Image
“Reflecting on the recurrent civil wars of the Late Republic, Sallust said, “It is this spirit which has commonly ruined great nations,… — Mike Duncan Copy Share Image
Such an executive officer the sun never shone on. I have but to show him my design, and I know that it… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
America is not perfect. It took a bloody civil war to free over 4 million African Americans who lived enslaved. It took… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
“He wants to believe that Shakespeare wrote all those books, that Lincoln fought the Civil War to free the slaves and the… — Paul Beatty Copy Share Image
When you read a history or biography you are entitled to imagine that it is as accurate as the authors can make… — Nicholas Meyer Copy Share Image
Violence by the defenders will be used by the putschists to justify overwhelming repression which they want to use anyhow. It will… — Gene Sharp Copy Share Image
International correspondents with their long dictaphones, and dirty jeans, and five hundred words before whiskey, are slouched over the red velvet chairs,… — Binyavanga Wainaina Copy Share Image
“Gettysburg is still considered the most famous battle of the war. Why? At Gettysburg, the tide turned. Up until then, the South… — Jim O'Connor Copy Share Image
Why did John Wilkes Booth do it? In My Thoughts Be Bloody young historian Nora Titone is one of the few to… — Jay Winik Copy Share Image
John Brown's zeal in the cause of freedom was infinitely superior to mine. Mine was as the taper light; his was as… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
“Besides the moral courage required to accept commissions in the Fifty-fourth at the time it was organizing, physical courage was also necessary,… — Luis Fenollosa Emilio Copy Share Image
“I think of Baghdad years ago, when I met Professor Al-Rawi for the first time to discuss The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,… — Michael Pitre Copy Share Image
Let's say Twitter existed during the Civil War. We would have a better understanding of people in the Confederacy who were against… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
“Since we had always sky about, when we had eagles they flew out leaving no shadow bigger then wrens' to trouble our… — Earle Birney Copy Share Image
