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“Like Humpty Dumpty, in the old nursery rhyme, putting the country back together again would not be easy. This feeling of separation… — George Levy Copy Share Image
“while the framers of the United States Constitution were ashamed of slavery and used euphemisms in place of the term "slave", the… — C.L. Gammon Copy Share Image
Like Nemesis of Greek tragedy, the central problem of America after the Civil War, as before, was the black man: those four… — W. E. B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
It is now conceded that all idea of British intervention is at an end... I want to hug the army of the… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
“if at all, since the Civil War. In Greenwood, many black workers were still earning 30 cents an hour and returning huge… — Ian Bell Copy Share Image
As one conservative intellectual said to me - he said if the choice is between [Joseph] Stalin and [Adolf] Hitler, I'd pick… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
“Ten years after the Boston Tea Party, tea was still far more popular than coffee, which only became the more popular drink… — Tom Standage Copy Share Image
“The welfare state and its funding are at the center of current political debate in the United States. Today, the country is… — Werner Neff Copy Share Image
I may be a descendant of Seth. I say to myself, What does [the story of Cain and Abel] teach me? So… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
“With the gun which was too big for him, the breech-loader which did not even belong to him but to Major de… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
Some 2,800 Americans went to Spain [during the Spanish Civil War], and it was, by far, the largest number of Americans before… — Adam Hochschild Copy Share Image
African-Americans were dispossessed of the land by being brought over here in slave ships, whereas Indians were on the land and fought… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share Image
Today there are more African-Americans under correctional control — in prison or jail, on probation or parole — than were enslaved in… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
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“The United States, the Spanish-American writer George Santayana wrote, ‘has always thought itself in an eminent sense the land of freedom, even… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
I've been getting interested in reimagining folk songs and writing songs that should have existed but didn't, particularly around the Civil War… — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share Image
“battles lost not alone because of superior numbers and failing ammunition and stores, but because of generals who should not have been… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
If you look at what we did with 'Winter Soldier' with the Cap character in terms of bringing him into the modern… — Joe Russo Copy Share Image
I have thought from the time of the cessation of the hostilities, that silence and patience on the part of the South… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
When I was growing up in Virginia, the Civil War was presented to me as glorious with dramatic courage and military honor.… — Drew Gilpin Faust Copy Share Image
“Today’s breakfast consist of rice and a piece of bread fried in a bit of salt pork grease. At least I have… — Nancy B. Brewer Copy Share Image
Logan was talking about the Civil War, which claimed the lives of more than 500,000 Americans. He wanted to provide Civil War… — Doc Hastings Copy Share Image
“Sumner’s mind keeping the peace abroad was connected with freeing the slaves at home. Repeatedly he tried to convince Lincoln that by… — David Herbert Donald Copy Share Image
If you dont like our counrty get out and if you are apart of the 12 million illegal immigrants then yes you… — Shawn Dee Copy Share Image
What was the reason for invading Iraq' Was it a humanitarian crusade or an economic one' I would be inclined to say… — Dougray Scott Copy Share Image
All of Koons's best art - the encased vacuum cleaners, the stainless-steel Rabbit (the late-twentieth century's signature work of Simulationist sculpture), the… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
America's real plan is to fuel a civil war, while the national plan is for all Lebanese to live in peace with… — Hassan Nasrallah Copy Share Image
I was born and raised in New York. My family has been in New York City since the Civil War. I have… — Andrew Zimmern Copy Share Image
The main achievement of economics is that it has provided a theory of peaceful human cooperation. This is why the harbingers of… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Two persons have been elected to the offices of President and Vice-President exclusively by the people of ONE SECTION of the country...A… — John Willis Ellis Copy Share Image
I don't have to come back politically, but I would like to do something that will help the people of Thailand. There… — Thaksin Shinawatra Copy Share Image
“He wasn’t sure why he felt so compelled to follow the singing, or why he needed to bring the foot with him,… — Kevin Wallis Copy Share Image
We [Americans] have a historical trauma when it comes to the past relationships when it comes to Native Americans and the history… — Adam Beach Copy Share Image
Ty Cobb was still fighting the Civil War, and as far as he was concerned, we were all damn Yankees. But who… — Sam Crawford Copy Share Image
My religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed. God has fixed the time for my death.… — Stonewall Jackson Copy Share Image
I don't know that a movie like Doctor Strange couldn't have been the second or third film we made. I don't think… — Kevin Feige Copy Share Image
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In the North, neither greenbacks, taxes, nor war bonds were enough to finance the war. So a national banking system was created… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
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![“I may be a descendant of Seth. I say to myself, What does [the story of Cain and Abel] teach me? So I go back to all the interpretations in the Talmud, which to me are a source of pleasure and joy. Then I say, maybe this story is not for then; maybe it's for now! It's possible for brothers to kill…” quote by Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6f8/elie-wiesel-341_abel_i-may-be-a-descendant-of-seth-i-say-to-m_1573158.jpg)
![“Some 2,800 Americans went to Spain [during the Spanish Civil War], and it was, by far, the largest number of Americans before or since who've ever joined somebody else's civil war. I think they were primarily people who were deeply alarmed by the menace of fascism. They saw this on the horizon. I…” quote by Adam Hochschild](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7cf/adam-hochschild-4138_civil-war_some-2-800-americans-went-to-spain-durin_3139882.jpg)
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