I am not in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Disunion and civil war are at hand; and yet I fear disunion and war less than compromise. We can recover from them.… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
Our statute books gradually became laden with gross, stereotyped distinctions between the sexes and, indeed, throughout much of the 19th century the… — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, given the rules of the American political game, people who try to participate by self-righteously refusing to identify with one or… — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
The idea of sovereignty current in the English speaking world of the 1760's was scarcely more than a century old. It had… — Bernard Bailyn Copy Share Image
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
“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
The Civil War was about a lot of things, but the core of it was slavery. That was the original sin. — John Fund Copy Share Image
You know, it's trying to put toothpaste back in the tube. Not only are there a lot of outsiders intervening but this… — John Kasich Copy Share Image
I can only say that I am nothing but a poor sinner, trusting in Christ alone for salvation. — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
Before the Civil War, there were no national cemeteries, no processes for identifying the dead in the battle. There weren't any dog… — Drew Gilpin Faust Copy Share Image
He walked with long, ungraceful strides, enormous feet adding to the spectacle, and he sat a horse as if leaning into a… — James I. Robertson, Jr Copy Share Image
The greatest curse that can befall a free people, is civil war. — Alexander H. Stephens Copy Share Image
The 2003 war in Iraq may be considered the greatest error in American policy since the Civil War. Its ramifications are earth-shattering… — Malcolm Nance Copy Share Image
People like to make fun of the fans who camp out but people have renaissance fairies; people do Civil War re-enactments; people… — Anna Kendrick Copy Share Image
I once left my wife and child in a hotel in Mexico to fly to Guatemala in this tiny plane for two… — Gregg Wallace 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
I do not think it is an exaggeration at all to say to my friend from West Virginia [Sen. Robert C. Byrd,… — Christopher Dodd 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
“The cold buried deep inside the bones of her hands, her feet, her head, her back…everywhere. Viola felt old, chilled, and exflunctified. She brushed away her… — Sheridan Brown Copy Share Image
We've gone thorough religious wars and civil wars. America has gone through slavery, we've all gone through two world wars, segregation. Ultimately… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
“For that particular community, for my community, the message has long been clear: The Civil War is a story for white people—acted… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
Died of wounds inflicted in error by his own troops at the battle of Chancellorsville during the US Civil War. Let us… — Stonewall Jackson Copy Share Image
All that rejection from Republicans has a bit of a racist element. It was very necessary to have a black president, and… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
“And now the lies of the Civil War and the lies of these post-racial years began to resonate with each other, and… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
