[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
The vast army of McClellan spread out before me. The marching columns extended back as far as eye could see in the… — Daniel Harvey Hill Copy Share Image
“The Lamar Life stationary carried on its letterhead an oval portrait of Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, for whom the Company had been… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
The first slap-jack given me for dinner was a cake of flour, partially fried in a pan of fat bacon. I nibbled… — James Smith Copy Share Image
If you look at my personal library, you will notice that it ranges from Henry James to Steig Larsson, from Margaret Atwood… — Chris Bohjalian Copy Share Image
He had somehow, with all his modesty, the rare faculty of controlling his superiors as well as his subordinates. He outfaced Stanton,… — Joshua Chamberlain Copy Share Image
The intelligence community is so vast that more people have top secret clearance than live in Washington. The U.S. will spend more… — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
I love general history. That's all I read really. I don't read novels, I read history. I love it. I live in… — Steve Zahn Copy Share Image
“This is Shakespeare and Company, it's the most famous bookstore in the world." She pointed to the shelves that reached the ceiling.… — Anita Hughes Copy Share Image
Up until the late unpleasantness of the Civil war, then, the right of secession was more or less taken for granted in… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Many Southern Plantation owners were working towards the day when they could convert their investment to more profitable industrial production as had… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
“Clara Barton was a famous Civil War nurse. When she began nursing, she used her own money for her supplies. She drove… — Mary Pope Osborne Copy Share Image
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“The fear had precedent. Toward the end of the Civil War, having witnessed the effectiveness of the Union's 'colored troops,' a flailing… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
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The very same British and American families who had combined to wreck the Indian textile industry in the promotion of the opium… — John Coleman Copy Share Image
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As we are now engaged in this contest, all my wishes, all my desires and all the energies of my hand and… — Jubal Early Copy Share Image
The United States, per capita, at a certain period in its history, had the most junkies of any country ever in the… — Al Lewis Copy Share Image
Our Southern brethren have done grievously, they have rebelled and have attacked their father's house and their loyal brothers. They must be… — Robert Anderson Copy Share Image
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The warlords took part in atrocities during the civil war in Afghanistan. They looted, they raped, they killed. They have become incredibly… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
Men use up their lives in heart-breaking political struggles, or get themselves killed in civil wars, or tortured in the secret prisons… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
In 1884, for the first time since the Civil War, voters had elected a Democrat to the White House. Grover Cleveland promised… — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
During the 1980s, international interest in the Nicaraguan war was intense. No conflict since the Spanish civil war had provoked such passion… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
You people of the South don't know what you are doing. This country will be drenched in blood, and God only knows… — William Tecumseh Sherman Copy Share Image
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In order to save the forty million inhabitants of the United Kingdom from a bloody civil war, our colonial statesmen must acquire… — Cecil Rhodes Copy Share Image
Men of Color, To Arms! The case is before you. This is our golden opportunity. Let us accept it, and forever wipe… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Here was the greatest and most moving chapter in American history, a blending of meanness and greatness, an ending and a beginning.… — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
“that and throughout the Civil War, this single building housed the entirety of the Smithsonian’s collections. But where did this shining testament… — James Rollins Copy Share Image
If men make war in slavish observance of rules, they will fail. No rules will apply to conditions of war as different… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
I am quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood. I had, as… — John Brown Copy Share Image
“that in the midst of murders and civil wars, our republic became stronger [and] its citizens infused with virtues.… A little bit… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
Many and many a person in Georgia asked me why we did not go to South Carolina; and, when I answered that… — William Tecumseh Sherman Copy Share Image
I said that one of the causes, and the one that has created more excitement and dissatisfaction than any other, is, that… — Louis Wigfall Copy Share Image
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![“[John Brown's] zeal in the cause of freedom was infinitely superior to mine. Mine was as the taper light, his was as the burning sun... I could speak for the slave. John Brown could fight for the slave.” quote by Frederick Douglass](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/4fd/frederick-douglass-859_brown_john-brown-s-zeal-in-the-cause-of-freedo_2577065.png)
![“The very same British and American families who had combined to wreck the Indian textile industry in the promotion of the opium trade [...] combined to make the trade, a valuable source of revenue. In 1864 they joined forces to create causes for war and to promote the terrible War Between the…” quote by John Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/fbd/john-coleman-26995_american-civil-war_the-very-same-british-and-american-famil_505210.jpg)
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