Oh, I am heartily tired of hearing about what Lee is going to do. Some of you always seem to think he… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
History of America, Part I (1776-1966): Declaration of Independence, Constitutional Convention, Louisiana Purchase, Civil War, Reconstruction, World War I, Great Depression, New… — Norman Chad Copy Share Image
“If things keep going the way they have in recent years, acrimonious historical debate may soon rival kudzu for prominence on the… — Charles B. Dew Copy Share Image
“The histories and tragedies of Shakespeare that Lincoln loved most dealt with themes that would resonate to a president in the midst… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
“Until the Civil War there was scarcely a man in public life in New Orleans or Louisiana who had not fought at… — Herbert Asbury Copy Share Image
People here are quite struck aback at Sunday's news of the capture of New Orleans. It took them three days to make… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
“Hong’s message fired the imagination of millions of desperate Chinese, who were shaken by China’s defeats in the Opium Wars and by… — Yuval Noah Harari 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
“That’s exactly where they send entry-level diplomats. After you cut your teeth on a few civil wars and a famine or two,… — Elle Lothlorien Copy Share Image
“The local pub, The Red Lion, has the double distinction of being the only pub in Britain to be surrounded by a… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
Nor should the U.S. military be forced to remain in Iraq essentially as an army for one side of a civil war. — Peter DeFazio Copy Share Image
A fundamental reason why Britain was not torn apart by civil war after 1688 was that its inhabitants' aggression was channelled so… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
“The ground had opened up and spit out hell, Nell thought, and the detritus was Shiloh.” — Kelsey Brickl 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
I am trying to prevent a bloodbath. Is that clear enough for you? I'm trying to prevent a civil war that could… — Larry Niven 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
We need to focus on killing the bad guys, not getting stuck in Middle Eastern civil wars that don't keep America safe. — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
If you surrender you shall be treated as prisoners of war, but if I haveto storm your works you may expect no… — Nathan Bedford Forrest Copy Share Image
The European powers had been anxious to see the United States become embroiled in a civil war and eventually break into two… — G. Edward Griffin 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
Some call this civil war; others call it emergency -- I call it pure evil. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
This kind of painting with its large frames is a bourgeois drawing-room art. It is an art dealer's art-and that came in… — Edvard Munch Copy Share Image
