“I wanted to leave the whole war behind me, and yet I was seeing something on that battlefield that demanded commemoration. It… — Robert Hicks Copy Share Image
I used to do Civil War re-enacting between the ages of 15 and 19. I was part of a unit that was… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
Some people cling to the belief that the Civil War was fought over states' rights. But history is not on their side.… — Roy Cooper Copy Share Image
“The returns from cotton monopoly powered the modernization of the rest of the American economy, and by the time of the Civil… — Edward E. Baptist Copy Share Image
What is unique about Drogheda is the very large number of Protestants in the garrison and the fact that it's commanded, by… — Ronald Hutton Copy Share Image
The world has grown increasingly dangerous, with a nuclear madman in North Korea testing an ICBM a month, mullahs in Tehran plotting… — Robert C. O'Brien Copy Share Image
The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States was enacted in 1865 by martial law. The Fourteenth Amendment was enacted… — Eustace Mullins Copy Share Image
This is essentially a people's contest... whose leading object is to elevate the condition of men - to lift artificial weights from… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“African Americans weren’t the only ones who took a hit. The states of the Deep South, which fought Brown tooth and nail,… — Carol Anderson Copy Share Image
“Few would argue against safe-guarding the nation. But in the judgment of at least one of the country's most distinguished presidential scholars,… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
Every man that tried to destroy the Government, every man that shot at the holy flag in heaven, every man that starved… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing. With some the… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“The solution to the economic and political failure of nations today is to transform their extractive institutions toward inclusive ones. The vicious… — Daron Acemoğlu Copy Share Image
“Real love isn't ambivalent. I'd swear that's a line from my favorite best-selling paperback novel, "In Love with the Night Mysterious", except… — Tony Kushner Copy Share Image
“If the Assad regime in Syria were to fall, the likeliest outcome would be a prolonged and bloody civil war. The last… — John R. Bradley Copy Share Image
“The industrialized mass nature of school goes back to the very beginning, to the common school and the normal school and the… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
I've just always had a personal fascination with the myth of Abraham Lincoln. And once you start to read about him and… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
I think we continually need to understand how important an event the war was - how defining, how central to who we… — Ken Burns Copy Share Image
I declare that civil war is inevitable and is near at hand. When it comes the descendants of the heroes of Lexington… — Sam Houston Copy Share Image
African slavery is the corner-stone of the industrial, social, and political fabric of the South; and whatever wars against it, wars against… — Laurence M. Keitt Copy Share Image
When a nation has just emerged from the throes of a great civil warfare, where section was arrayed against section, class against… — Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II Copy Share Image
Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God; and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
There are no moderate Republicans left, with the exception of a few who would vote with us when it doesn’t make any… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
“That was when I realized we weren’t born to be slaves. It was ignorant for any man to think he could be… — Jay Grewal Copy Share Image
We're dealing with such enormous problems today that we have no other choice but to work together. If Iraq fails, if a… — Zalmay Khalilzad Copy Share Image
“As a refugee who fled civil war as a child, I am still trying to figure out where I fit in -… — Ilhan Omar Copy Share Image
“Quiet down! You're supposed to be dead!" snapped a passing Union soldier. "This is a private conversation," Margaret snapped back. "This is… — Kristan Higgins Copy Share Image
Before the Civil War, the Southern states were selling a lot of cotton to England and didn't seem to mind British occupation.… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
My experience through life has convinced me that, while moderation and temperance in all things are commendable and beneficial, abstinence from spirituous… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
Everyone says we have our first African American president. Has there ever been a Jewish president? An Italian president? They don't say… — Monte Irvin Copy Share Image
Hemans gallows ought to be the fate of all such ambitious men who would involve their country in civil wars, and all… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
But if the two countries or governments are at war, the men of science are not. That would, indeed be a civil… — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
I think an appeal to arms and to brute force is unbecoming the age in which we live. Would to God that… — Robert Anderson Copy Share Image
“Based upon his experiences during the Spanish Civil War, Richthofen employed his seven Stukagruppen and single ground-attack Gruppe to devastating effect by… — Helmit Mahlke Copy Share Image
Trump himself has not laid out a clear agenda on the national security issues that are the most pressing for the United… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
I have no misgivings about, or lack of confidence in the cause in which I am engaged, and my courage does not… — Sullivan Ballou Copy Share Image
“Add the shortage of blankets, warm clothing, and vegetables, and the result was likely to be more suffering and more death than… — George Levy Copy Share Image
“Honour, in the Republic, had never been a goal in itself, only a means to an infinite end. And what was true… — Tom Holland Copy Share Image
I have broken all ties that bind me to the (U.S.) Army, not suddenly, impulsively, but conscientiously and after due deliberation. I… — Edmund Kirby Smith Copy Share Image
You think slavery is right and ought to be extended; while we think it is wrong and ought to be restricted. That… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
