“Other corporations have asserted Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination as well as asserted that the Fourteenth Amendment—passed after the Civil War to… — Thom Hartmann Copy Share Image
I don't feel the need to direct. I tried to get other people to direct Dances, but they wouldn't do it. They… — Kevin Costner Copy Share Image
Abraham Lincoln - the spirit incarnate of those who won victory in the Civil War - was the true representative of this… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field, and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearth-stone, all over this broad… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“America's 1st Arab spring came in the guise of the Civil War...when our nation couldn't stomach the abomination of slavery anymore. One… — Timothy Pina Copy Share Image
I have just read your dispatch about sore-tongued and fatigued horses, Will you pardon me for asking what the horses of your… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Once the troops move into Cambodia, the colleges and universities of this country were on the verge of civil war. Many closed… — William Kunstler Copy Share Image
“Roosevelt was as much concerned to end the oppression of Jews as Lincoln was to end slavery during the Civil War; their… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
“Here we introduce the nation's first great communications monopolist, whose reign provides history's first lesson in the power and peril of concentrated… — Timothy Wu Copy Share Image
“It is not the self respect and pride that you take with you, but the heritage you leave behind to your children… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“After the war, Lee described Traveller in a letter:"Fine proportions, muscular figure, deep chest, short back, strong haunches, flat legs, small head,… — Clint Johnson Copy Share Image
“With the Confederate army divided and Pope’s army between them, Pope was now positioned to prevent them from linking up by blocking… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
When you go into a country like Libya where a large chunk of the population wants the old regime back you could… — Michael Hastings Copy Share Image
Today there are more African-Americans under correctional control, in prison or jail, on probation or parole, than were enslaved in 1850, a… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“Jones described what followed in his official report: All the oil, the tanks, barrels,engines for pumping, engine-houses, and wagons- in a word,… — Clint Johnson Copy Share Image
“Lincoln embraced the Declaration of Independence before and during the Civil War to justify both prosecuting the war and abolishing slavery, Wilson… — Mark R. Levin 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
I didn't know enough about the Civil War or its lingering effects as we all should. It's really easy to think that… — Bryce Pinkham 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
“Thomas Jefferson insisted that an “informed citizenry” is the best protection for democracy. It is therefore extremely disconcerting that a staggering percentage… — Bandy X. Lee Copy Share Image
It's a fascinating culture [the South in the Civil War period] and so rife with comedic possibilities. And not in a way… — Ed Helms 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
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
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
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
In a world turned upside-down, where everything was wrong, bizarre, you could at least look up at the sky and see normality.… — Alex Scarrow Copy Share Image
President-elect Donald Trump has a host of national security challenges to deal with as he assumes office, from the resurgence of the… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
These semi-traitors [Union generals who were not hostile to slavery] must be watched. Let us be careful who become army leaders in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The destiny of the land, the nation, the South, the State, the County, was already whirling into the plunge of its precipice,… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“What’s wrong with my clothing?' she asked, glancing down the length of her body, clothed in a tank top and shorts. He… — Suzannah Daniels Copy Share Image
We did an album one time called White Mansions, about the civil war, but it was written by a guy from England.… — Waylon Jennings Copy Share Image
My mother has always instilled in us that we should carry ourselves with dignity despite the horror that came with the civil… — Alek Wek Copy Share Image
“Abraham Lincoln suffered through depression through his life and then suffered through the pain of conducting a civil war, and emerged with… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
When you come to Montgomery, you see fifty-nine monuments and memorials, all about the Civil War, all about Confederate leaders and generals.… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
This war must go on till the last of this generation falls in his tracks, and his children seize his musket and… — Jefferson Davis Copy Share Image
At the outbreak of the war it was found very difficult to raise infantry in Texas, as no Texan walks a yard… — Arthur Fremantle Copy Share Image
I am as willing to serve now as in the beginning in any capacity and at any post where I can do… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
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