I see the President almost every day. I see very plainly Abraham Lincoln's dark brown face with its deep-cut lines, the eyes… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
“The history of this nation up through the Civil War shows how difficult the establishment of a federal authority can be when… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
In the end, no amount of American forces can solve the political differences that lie at the heart of somebody else's civil… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Companies aren’t families. They’re battlefields in a civil war. Yet despite this capacity for internecine warfare, most companies roll along relatively peacefully,… — Charles Duhigg 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
“You don’t mess with a man’s weapons in the USA. That’s how fistfights and civil wars start. He” — Kurt Schlichter Copy Share Image
There was so much going on in 1936 with the height of the Great Depression and the Spanish Civil War and Germany… — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image
The South was at the point where the scale was tipping against slavery. It was slowly dawning on the plantation owners that… — John Coleman Copy Share Image
In countries where there are real civil wars, people go through a lot, and we should be willing to go through a… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
“A South Carolina native, Miles was a lawyer, a mayor of Charleston, and a congressman. He was one of his state's "fire-eaters,"… — Clint Johnson Copy Share Image
Syria is a civil war. Syria began as a popular uprising, just like the other experiences in the Arab Spring, with a… — Susan Rice 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
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
The only lesson to extract from any civil war is that it's pointless and futile and ugly, and that there is nothing… — Anthony Minghella Copy Share Image
To the contrary, the government they devised was defective from the start, requiring several amendments, a civil war and momentous social transformation… — Thurgood Marshall Copy Share Image
If the security forces continue to be dominated as they are now by political groups or sects, then the people won't trust… — Adnan Pachachi Copy Share Image
“By the end of the war, the Civil War had become a forerunner to the trench warfare of World War I, and… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
I firmly believe that in this fiery ordeal, in this suffering, misery, and woe, the South is but undergoing a purification by… — Belle Boyd Copy Share Image
When you have warfare, things happen; people suffer; the noncombatants suffer as well as the combatants. And so it happens in civil… — Emmeline Pankhurst Copy Share Image
But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I left my home, and it was the most beautiful country in the world in my eyes, and I was always happy… — Vlade Divac Copy Share Image
“Civil War generals began the war employing tactics from the Napoleonic Era, which saw Napoleon dominate the European continent and win crushing… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
Nobody would ever want to read a textbook about the Civil War and then interrupt that for two pages about water rights… — James W. Loewen Copy Share Image
