I think the ties to slavery and the terrible tragedy that followed the Civil War with Jim Crow and racial violence is… — William R. Ferris Copy Share Image
Doing something to make ourselves feel better is beside the real point of defeating Isis and ending the Syrian civil war. — Crispin Blunt Copy Share Image
You cannot be President of the United States if you don't have faith. Remember Lincoln, going to his knees in times of… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
The whole army is burning with an insatiable desire to wreak violence upon South Carolina. I almost tremble for her fate. — William Tecumseh Sherman Copy Share Image
There are lots of countries that are having these kinds of internal civil wars in other parts of the world and nobody… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
I think people underestimate the romance audience. It's everything from career women to high school girls to elderly women. I have male… — Heather Graham Pozzessere Copy Share Image
I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
We're on the verge of civil war in Northern Ireland. Why? Because if you take away the forums of democracy you don't… — Ian Paisley 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
“Their toil had made Jackson’s fortune and raised him to the prominence that won him election as the head of Tennessee’s militia.… — Edward E. Baptist 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
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
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
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
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 think in many ways, the Spanish Civil War was the first battle of World War II. After all, where else in… — Adam Hochschild Copy Share Image
I am not here to pass civilities or compliments with you, but on other business. I have stood your meanness as long… — Nathan Bedford Forrest Copy Share Image
The Romans have provided a lot of writers with a model for various interstellar empires, of course, and no wonder. The Roman… — Ann Leckie Copy Share Image
The withdrawal that Congress is debating now will only effect whether we leave somewhat gracefully or in complete panic and humiliation. Sistani… — Cenk Uygur Copy Share Image
“Slavery happened. That flag stands for segregation. We have monuments to Civil War generals and slave owners, as well as preserved plantations.… — Trae Crowder Copy Share Image
“The newly created Darth Vader flexes his Force-muscle as the Emperor's enforcer to maintain order and obedience in a galaxy reeling from… — James Luceno Copy Share Image
“Recent events in the Middle East and North Africa clearly show just how dangerous the world is, and how great the challenges… — Matthew M. Aid Copy Share Image
“A Rationale for Violence At first, I thought I was merely witnessing the shocked aftermath of a shocking election. The Left did… — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
You must study to be frank with the world: frankness is the child of honesty and courage. Say just what you mean… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
The pageant has passed. That day is over. But we linger, loath to think we shall see them no more together -… — Joshua Chamberlain Copy Share Image
If it costs ten years, and ten to recover the general prosperity, the destruction of the South is worth so much. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Since the Civil War...the most unruly, the most independent, the most republican of American citizens have been the small farmer.” — Walter Karp Copy Share Image
I happen temporarily to occupy this big White House. I am living witness that any one of your children may look to… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The Union, which can alone insure internal peace, and external security to each State, Must and Shall be Preserved, cost what it… — George B. McClellan Copy Share Image
If the Constitution is adopted (and it was) the Union will be in fact and in theory an association of States or… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
In the decade before the Civil War various north and south lines of railway were projected and some of these were assisted… — John Moody Copy Share Image
The understanding of Syria's devastating civil war has been distorted by the immense danger and difficulty of covering it. — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
General Lee, this is no place for you. These men behind you are Georgians and Virginians. They have never failed you and… — John Brown Gordon Copy Share Image
...funny how people want a return to the good ole days. Of coarse the good ole days of being a rich white… — Rita Mae Brown Copy Share Image
Civil war, now, 100 years in the future - the things that motivate human beings, they don't change emotionally. — Brian Azzarello Copy Share Image
My religious faith remains in possession of the field only after prolonged civil war with my naturally skeptical mind. — William Lyon Phelps Copy Share Image
We cannot afford to be idle, and though weaker than our opponents in men and military equipments, must endeavor to harass, if… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
When Lincoln ran into trouble during the Civil War, he got new generals. He brought in Grant. I hope that President Obama… — Marcy Kaptur Copy Share Image
“How a member of the church—one who had read the Good Lord’s bible—could sit so calmly and watch a man be led… — Jay Grewal Copy Share Image
