“Imagine us saying to children: "In the last fifty or so years, the human race has become aware of a great deal… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
“Quite often, people inaccurately comment about the villains of the South and the heroes of the North. Such statements cause bitter debates.… — Trevor P. Wardlaw Copy Share Image
I'd gone to Oxford to do graduate studies in the history of the slave trade, but I came across Georgiana's letters, gave… — Amanda Foreman Copy Share Image
“Finally, in the midst of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday of November 1863 as Thanksgiving: a day to… — Tony Horwitz Copy Share Image
Our union rests upon public opinion, and can never be cemented by the blood of its citizens shed in civil war. — James Buchanan Copy Share Image
It would be contrary to the spirit of the American Government to use force to subjugate the South. — William H. Seward Copy Share Image
The drive to scale in almost every endeavor. The British went very large scale in ship building and a few other industries.… — Charles R. Morris Copy Share Image
My plans are perfect, and when I start to carry them out, may God have mercy on Bobby Lee, for I shall… — Joseph Hooker Copy Share Image
If it is a crime to love the South, its cause and its President, then I am a criminal. I would rather… — Belle Boyd Copy Share Image
“Everything leads me to believe it,” he replied. “They got their hands on this communist who wasn’t one, while still being one.… — David Talbot Copy Share Image
...there are at the present moment many colored men in the Confederate Army...as real soldiers, having muskets on their shoulders, and bullets… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Voroshilov was a hard-riding, hard-drinking military crony of civil-war days. — Kliment Voroshilov Copy Share Image
The understanding of Syria's devastating civil war has been distorted by the immense danger and difficulty of covering it. — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
“So the women would not forgive. Their passion remained intact, carefully guarded and nurtured by the bitter knowledge of all they had… — Howard Bahr Copy Share Image
I had a right to my own political opinions. I am a Southern woman, born with Revolutionary blood in my veins. Freedom… — Rose O'Neal Greenhow Copy Share Image
The state of Europe is so bad that I cannot see any future in Europe other than its Islamization or a civil… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
We are scattered, stunned; the remnant of heart left alive is filled with brotherly hate... Whose fault? Everybody blamed somebody else. Only… — Mary Boykin Chesnut Copy Share Image
After I finished the Tycoons - on post-Civil War development - I realized how much I didn't know about the first half… — Charles R. Morris Copy Share Image
We have overcome some terrible blows to our democracy, to the future of our democracy, to the future of our nation. We… — Walter Cronkite Copy Share Image
There is also the issue of personal privacy when it comes the executive power. Throughout our nation's history, whether it was habeas… — Dick Durbin 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
“You have probably seen the order from Washington which cuts down the pay for colored troops from $13 to $10. Of course… — Luis Fenollosa Emilio Copy Share Image
Our government, National and State, must be freed from the sinister influence or control of special interests. Exactly as the special interests… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“I couldn’t figure out if it was fate or faith that had brought me there. How funny those two words sounded when… — Jay Grewal Copy Share Image
