War, at the best, is terrible, and this war of ours, in its magnitude and in its duration, is one of the… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Reconstruction is the great black hole that remains to be filled. Even experts on the Civil War don't really understand its full… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
We hope never to live in a Republic where one section is pinned to the other section by bayonets. — Horace Greeley Copy Share Image
Liberty may be of no more use Than stirring up the flame of civil wars; Then, by disorder fatal to the world,… — Pierre Corneille Copy Share Image
Life in Somalia before the civil war was beautiful. When the war happened, I was 8 years old and at that stage… — Ilhan Omar 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
Abraham Lincoln went through 12 generals before he got Ulysses S. Grant. He had never done a Civil War before. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
I can scarcely contemplate a more incalculable evil than the breaking of the Union into two or more parts. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
When it was announced that Spider-Man was going to be in Captain America: Civil War, "Miles Morales" was trending on Twitter for… — Brian Michael Bendis Copy Share Image
The great theme of modern British history is the fate of freedom. The 18th century inherits, after the Civil War, this very… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
We went through tough times when I was very young and I'm so infinitely grateful to my parents. Their journey began during… — Alphonso Davies Copy Share Image
“Maybe it’s true that the people who live through the times that become history’s pivotal points are those least likely to understand… — Jean Hegland Copy Share Image
Little did I conceive of the greatness of the defeat (at Bull Run), the magnitude of the disaster which it had entailed… — William Howard Russell Copy Share Image
The day that the balance between the two sections of the country - the slaveholding States and the non-slaveholding States - is… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
I have been a soldier all my life. I have commanded companies, I have commanded regiments. I have commanded divisions. And I… — James Longstreet Copy Share Image
I'm not an apologist for Iran's actions. Iran certainly has supported activities of terrorism, and the Houthis don't have clean hands. The… — Ro Khanna Copy Share Image
Grant began by expressing a hope that the war would soon be over, and Lee replied by stating that he had for… — Horace Porter Copy Share Image
Our government, National and State, must be freed from the sinister influence or control of special interests. Exactly as the special interests… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
But, sir, the great cause of complaint now is the slavery question, and the questions growing out of it. If there is… — John Brown Baldwin Copy Share Image
“During this time Jefferson Davis made a speech in Macon, Georgia, which was reported in the papers of the South, and soon… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
“Karsa shrugged. ‘The Malazan soldiers in Genabaris said the Seven Cities was going to rebel against their occupiers. This is why the… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
“The country, it seemed, was on the verge of a second civil war, this one over industrial slavery. But Frick was a… — James McGrath Morris Copy Share Image
“The historical periods I like to learn about aren’t so much costume dramas as slasher flicks. The French Revolution is a favorite… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
Now let's make two things clear: ISIL is not 'Islamic.' No religion condones the killing of innocents, and the vast majority of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You might be a redneck if more than one living relative is named after a Southern Civil War general. — Jeff Foxworthy Copy Share Image
The civil war across the Middle East between the Shia and the Sunni empowers groups like ISIS and al Qaeda who claim… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
“I am passionately interested in how my Country works, and if you want to know about this thing called the United States… — Ken Burns 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
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
“As Jack hurried up to his room, some words from the Civil War song ran through his mind: Give us a song… — Mary Pope Osborne Copy Share Image
“China might have given up on trying to stop the endless civil war, but some of its companies were still here, picking… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
Something is wanting, and something must be done, or we shall be involved in all the horror of failure, and civil war… — Henry Knox Copy Share Image
I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual nowadays to find… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I am passionately interested in understanding how my country works. And if you want to know about this thing called the United… — Ken Burns Copy Share Image
There is no clear or meaningful difference between insurgency and civil war, or between national terrorism and civil war for that matter. — Anthony H. Cordesman Copy Share Image
You dislike the emancipation proclamation; and, perhaps, would have it retracted. You say it is unconstitutional - I think differently. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
When I wrote about the Spanish Civil War many years later, I used documents that I picked up when I was a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
One section of our country believes slavery is right, and ought to be extended, while the other believes it is wrong, and… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
In 'The Birth of a Nation,' Griffith made audiences see the Civil War through his eyes - the eyes of the son… — Richard Corliss Copy Share Image
God pity the tortured hearts that will pant through this night! And the agony of the poor wife who has heard that… — Margaret Junkin Preston Copy Share Image
