“Readers will be swept up by the drama and fast pace of this powerful debut novel.” — International Reading Association Reading Today Online Copy Share Image
The trouble with Hooker is that he's got his headquarters where his hindquarters aught to be. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
We all declare for liberty, but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I did not come here for the purpose of surrendering my command. — Nathan Bedford Forrest Copy Share Image
The two systems slave and free-labor are incompatible. They have never permanently existed together in one country, and they never can. — William H. Seward Copy Share Image
It was not until the civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s that Congress got serious about the assignment laid out… — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
Major, send a shell first over their heads and let them get in their holes before you open with all your guns. — John Bell Hood Copy Share Image
What this brings out is that modern politics cannot be a matter of genuine moral consensus. And it is not. Modern politics… — Alasdair MacIntyre Copy Share Image
My arm was extended upward pleading for peace and the Union of our Fathers. When my hand came down, it fell slowly… — Zebulon Baird Vance Copy Share Image
It was a marvel, an enigma in abolition latitudes, that the slaves did not rise en-masse, at the beginning of hostilities. — Rebecca Latimer Felton Copy Share Image
With one terrible exception, the Civil War, law and the Constitution have kept America whole and free. — Anthony Lewis Copy Share Image
“When Mr.Cunningham ran outside during the battle shouting "Hurrah for Jeff Davis!", a Union shot clipped his ear. Mr.Cunningham ran back inside… — Clint Johnson Copy Share Image
Madam C.J. Walker was born in 1867, two years after the civil war ended. She was a daughter of a slave. She… — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
Affirmative action was designed to recognize the uniquely difficult journey of African-Americans. This policy was justifiable and understandable, even to those who… — Jim Webb Copy Share Image
People like to make fun of the fans who camp out but people have renaissance fairs; people do Civil War re-enactments; people… — Anna Kendrick Copy Share Image
The tragedy of civil wars in countries like Angola and Mozambique is that they left many civilians maimed. Poverty is the reason… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
Some people tried to hurt us to protect themselves, their family and communities...This was one of the consequences of civil war. People… — Ishmael Beah Copy Share Image
Rather than concede to the state of Missouri for one single instant the right to dictate to my government in any matter… — Nathaniel Lyon 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
Modern totalitarianism can be defined as the establishment, by means of the state of exception, of a legal civil war that allows… — Giorgio Agamben Copy Share Image
“On the Penobscot River, on the opposite bank from the once-upon-a-time paper mill, stands Fort Knox, proudly named after the nation’s first… — Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One Copy Share Image
I remember the first day I was looking at my hands and I thought about my nails. People wouldn't really be paying… — Josh Radnor Copy Share Image
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
“As the story is told, determined to inspire his men to take the offensive, Jackson suddenly rode into the battlefield and attempted… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
“In the morning we shed our blue sheep’s clothing. Our border shirts came out of satchels and onto our backs. We preferred… — Daniel Woodrell Copy Share Image
“Incidentally, there's a little historical footnote here, if you're interested. The oil company that was authorized by the Treasury Department under Bush… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Let's put an end to this European civil war, the existence of which we don't want to admit, and stop constantly looking… — Emmanuel Macron Copy Share Image
“At a conservative estimate, one million dollars will be spent by American readers for this book [For Whom the Bell Tolls]. They… — Commonweal Copy Share Image
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