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
You can't put down anybody. You can just try and understand. The emphasis shouldn't be on revolution, it should be on communication.… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
“Directly in front of me, crossing the street, I saw a woman laughing and walking arm in arm with two men. When… — Nancy B. Brewer Copy Share Image
Barack Obama has come to divide, and he succeeded. This country has never been more divided. Well, throw out the Civil War,… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“Put two macho groups together and give the first desperation and numbers, and the second truncheons and protective clothing, and the result… — Alexander Masters Copy Share Image
“Down our way we're always had a theory that the Civil War was not brought on by Secession of Slavery or the… — Irvin S. Cobb Copy Share Image
There was a programme in the Channel 4 'Dispatches' series called 'Burma's Secret War' that chilled me to the marrow. This is… — Maureen Lipman Copy Share Image
Growing up, my birthday was always Confederate Memorial Day. It helped to create this profound sense of awareness about the Civil War… — Natasha Trethewey Copy Share Image
“We had fed the heart on fantasies. / The heart’s grown brutal from the fare.” From “Meditations in Time of Civil War,”… — James Thompson Copy Share Image
During the fiscal year ending in 1861, expenses of the federal government had been $67 million. After the first year of armed… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
Most historians agree that Abraham Lincoln was the most important man to ever occupy the White House because he abolished slavery and… — Kitty Kelley Copy Share Image
“Sometimes the smoke from the factories and riverboats and trains would obscure the night sky entirely. But the town's industrial breath was… — Kelsey Brickl Copy Share Image
We had played a kid's version of gang fighting called "Civil War," and then later we had got in on the real… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No State, upon it own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union. Resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“The fear had precedent. Toward the end of the Civil War, having witnessed the effectiveness of the Union's 'colored troops,' a flailing… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
My generation started in big tournaments. '88 Olympics, we got silver. '89 European Championship, we got gold. 1990 World Cup in Argentina,… — Vlade Divac Copy Share Image
We're dealing with such enormous problems today that we have no other choice but to work together. If Iraq fails, if a… — Zalmay Khalilzad 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
“The Society for the Colonization of Free People of Color of America, better known as the American Colonization Society was a group… — Captain Hank Bracker 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
“The conflict between corporations and activists is that of narcolepsy versus remembrance. The corporations have money, power, and influence. Our sole weapon… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
I do know that you have to choose between the logic of reconciliation and the logic of justice. Pure justice leads to… — Adam Michnik Copy Share Image
Though I never ordered it, and never wished for it, I have never shed any tears over the event, because I believe… — William Tecumseh Sherman Copy Share Image
