A crucial Elite group behind the Civil War was the Knights of the Golden Circle, again based in Cincinnati, Ohio. — David Icke Copy Share Image
“In a time when the chance of another civil war did not seem remote, a philosophy that warned against the idolatry of… — Louis Menand Copy Share Image
No one will ever be able to say what the comandantes would have done with their historic opportunity in Nicaragua if they… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
“He smiled at me and I felt the tenderness only a daughter could feel.” — Nancy B. Brewer Copy Share Image
We have to bring stability to Iraq, otherwise we will be faced with a future dilemma of sending our loved ones into… — Jay Rockefeller Copy Share Image
Martial sex is kinda like ordering a Civil War chess set through the mail. You get one piece every four to six… — Bill Engvall 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
There are millions of white Americans today who still can barely bring themselves to acknowledge that the Civil War, with its twin… — Steve Erickson Copy Share Image
Must I shoot a simple-minded soldier boy who deserts, while I must not touch a hair of the wily agitator who induces… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
What a general could do, Thomas did; no more dependable soldier for a moment of crisis existed on the North American continent,… — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
People who teach American history survey classes have a lot of ground to cover and tend to focus on landmarks. You get… — H. W. Brands Copy Share Image
I am asked if I would not be gratified if my friends would procure me promotion to a brigadier-generalship. My feeling is… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
“Melanie is the gentlest of dreams and a part of my dreaming. And if the war had not come I would have… — Margaret Mitchell Copy Share Image
“The highly moralistic and uncompromising outlook of the Puritans eventually put them and their descendants on a collision course with the institution… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
“The result exactly fulfilled all the theoretical predictions. The land wasn’t properly worked; there were strikes in all the factories; the laws… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“the word “deadline” has its American origin in Civil War prison camps;” — Arianna Huffington Copy Share Image
“It is the observer of the pun that makes it, my dear Brumm. Of course, when the word is distorted, as in… — John Davidson Copy Share Image
They do not know what they say. If it came to a conflict of arms, the war will last at least four… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
“In glades they meet skull after skull/Where pine-cones lay--the rusted gun,/Green shoes full of bones, the mouldering coat/And cuddled-up skeleton;/And scores of… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Rapid change of conditions in all human affairs bring unexpected results. — William C. Oates Copy Share Image
“The Little War? How can there be a little war? Are some deaths smaller than others, leaving mothers who weep a little… — Margarita Engle Copy Share Image
“Add the shortage of blankets, warm clothing, and vegetables, and the result was likely to be more suffering and more death than… — George Levy Copy Share Image
The more I think of all that I have seen in the Confederate States, the more I feel inclined to say...'How can… — Arthur Fremantle Copy Share Image
“A Rationale for Violence At first, I thought I was merely witnessing the shocked aftermath of a shocking election. The Left did… — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
I said that one of the causes, and the one that has created more excitement and dissatisfaction than any other, is, that… — Louis Wigfall Copy Share Image
