I worry that I may have overstated the impact of Civil War on the utopians. By the time the Civil War comes,… — Christine Jennings Copy Share Image
During the civil war, the Sudanese government armed the Misseriya nomads as proxy. Even though both groups had coexisted quite well prior… — Rebecca Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Modifying Clausewitz’ aphorism—war is the continuation of diplomacy by other means—one could say that in ideologically divided countries civil war is but… — Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn Copy Share Image
The harsh fact of the matter is that this nation has not remotely come to grips with how many of its laws… — Shaun King Copy Share Image
I'm a living testament to the value of immigration. I escaped a civil war, and I came to Canada as a refugee,… — Chamath Palihapitiya Copy Share Image
When it was announced that Spider-Man was going to be in Captain America: Civil War, "Miles Morales" was trending on Twitter for… — Brian Michael Bendis Copy Share Image
The great theme of modern British history is the fate of freedom. The 18th century inherits, after the Civil War, this very… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
I went to live in Barcelona in 1975, when I was twenty. Even before I went there, I knew more about the… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
“It is conventional to tell that constitutional story - of a republican failure ending in restoration - but to do so is… — Michael Braddick Copy Share Image
“Whatever happened in those more than one hundred years, from the time my great-great-great grandfather studied law to the time when my… — Gwenn Wright Copy Share Image
“Some of you from outside the South may be wondering why we’re emphasizing this irrefutable historical fact that everyone should know so… — Trae Crowder Copy Share Image
“I buy what I think is a beautiful gift for Richard Pryor. It’s a pre-Civil War cigarette and match holder, with a… — Jennifer Lee Copy Share Image
“The funeral was a vast, elaborate affair, befitting a monarch or head of state, in marked contrast to the essential simplicity of… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
“AUSTRALIA, LIKE THE UNITED STATES, experienced a different path to inclusive institutions than the one taken by England. The same revolutions that… — Daron Acemoğlu Copy Share Image
“When I asked Marine Sergeant Jeffrey Roberts what he thought was happening in Lebanon, he explained, “To me it was a civil… — Thomas L. Friedman Copy Share Image
“This was true, she knew. Being involved with him gave her the privileged position of knowing him intimately. There were nights when… — Christina Engela Copy Share Image
The day that the balance between the two sections of the country - the slaveholding States and the non-slaveholding States - is… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
Little did I conceive of the greatness of the defeat (at Bull Run), the magnitude of the disaster which it had entailed… — William Howard Russell Copy Share Image
“Maybe it’s true that the people who live through the times that become history’s pivotal points are those least likely to understand… — Jean Hegland Copy Share Image
We went through tough times when I was very young and I'm so infinitely grateful to my parents. Their journey began during… — Alphonso Davies Copy Share Image
Republicans controlled the federal government for decades after the Civil War, and their policies funneled wealth upward -- with dire consequences. In… — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
I'm not an apologist for Iran's actions. Iran certainly has supported activities of terrorism, and the Houthis don't have clean hands. The… — Ro Khanna Copy Share Image
I have been a soldier all my life. I have commanded companies, I have commanded regiments. I have commanded divisions. And I… — James Longstreet Copy Share Image
Some of the inspirations I had as far as following that story would be, like, say, "The Good, The Bad and The… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
I can anticipate no greater calamity for the country than the dissolution of the Union. It would be an accumulation of all… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
If today is anything like the typical day of the past 3 years, three American soldiers will die in Iraq or Afghanistan,… — Alcee Hastings Copy Share Image
And just think, fellow Southrons, what kind of a Confederate nation we could have, if after independence, politicians abandoned equivocation and spoke… — Charley Reese Copy Share Image
The Civil War was fought in 10,000 places, from Valverde, New Mexico, and Tullahoma, Tennessee, to St. Albans, Vermont, and Fernandina on… — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
There were 315,000 slave owners in the Union Army (with 200,000 in the Confederate Army) and the men who walked away from… — John Coleman Copy Share Image
“Compromise where you can. Where you can't, don't. Even if everyone is telling you that something wrong is something right. Even if… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
America is a land of big dreamers and big hopes. It is this hope that has sustained us through revolution and civil… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think you can go back in history and look at what the effect in Asia and the world was of a… — Dennis C. Blair Copy Share Image
The latest developments in Iraq are deeply troubling, but as the United States considers military and diplomatic responses to the actions of… — Sean Patrick Maloney Copy Share Image
The cool thing is, I was a little nervous about how they were going to handle Black Panther in his own movie,… — Brian Stelfreeze Copy Share Image
“Racial hatred in America still exists but never was it anything like the time immediately after the Civil War. The western history… — William Silverman Copy Share Image
Empires, essentially, create order. In their absence, you don't end up with lots of happy, little nation-states full of people sitting around… — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
There is a terrible war coming, and these young men who have never seen war cannot wait for it to happen, but… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
Unlike the people you see in Mathew Brady's photographs from the Civil War, the men and women of the Revolution seem more… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
[...] it is generally accepted that the Civil War was fought over the issue of slavery. That, at best, is a half-truth.… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
In the last couple of years before Chairman Mao's death he said that the "Cultural Revolution" had been wrong on two counts:… — Deng Xiaoping Copy Share Image
![“[...] it is generally accepted that the Civil War was fought over the issue of slavery. That, at best, is a half-truth. Slavery was an issue, but the primary force for war was a clash between the economic interests of the North and the South. Even the issue of slavery itself was based on economics.” quote by G. Edward Griffin](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/7f2/g-edward-griffin-9084_accepted_it-is-generally-accepted-that-the-civil_1542726.jpg)
