Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
The civil war in Rwanda and other ethnic massacres were an integral part of US foreign policy, carefully staged in accordance with… — Michel Chossudovsky Copy Share Image
“When Mr.Cunningham ran outside during the battle shouting "Hurrah for Jeff Davis!", a Union shot clipped his ear. Mr.Cunningham ran back inside… — Clint Johnson Copy Share Image
It was a marvel, an enigma in abolition latitudes, that the slaves did not rise en-masse, at the beginning of hostilities. — Rebecca Latimer Felton Copy Share Image
With one terrible exception, the Civil War, law and the Constitution have kept America whole and free. — Anthony Lewis Copy Share Image
My arm was extended upward pleading for peace and the Union of our Fathers. When my hand came down, it fell slowly… — Zebulon Baird Vance Copy Share Image
Major, send a shell first over their heads and let them get in their holes before you open with all your guns. — John Bell Hood Copy Share Image
What this brings out is that modern politics cannot be a matter of genuine moral consensus. And it is not. Modern politics… — Alasdair MacIntyre 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
“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
If you will not have it thus: if in the pride of power, if in contempt of reason and reliance upon force,… — Jefferson Davis Copy Share Image
I always shoot at privates. It was they who did the shooting and killing, and if I could kill a wound a… — Sam Watkins Copy Share Image
Surrender means that the history of this heroic struggle will be written by the enemy; that our youth will be trained by… — Patrick Cleburne Copy Share Image
I think there's evil on both sides [of Syria], and I think that's one reason I don't want to be involved in… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
“The abolition of slavery, apart from preservation of the Union, was the most important result of our Civil War. But the transition… — William Silverman Copy Share Image
I remember the first day I was looking at my hands and I thought about my nails. People wouldn't really be paying… — Josh Radnor Copy Share Image
“Evolution of mind was altogether another matter and belonged to another science, but whether one traced descent from the shark or the… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
“On the Penobscot River, on the opposite bank from the once-upon-a-time paper mill, stands Fort Knox, proudly named after the nation’s first… — Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One Copy Share Image
“Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain of the 20th Maine, who so valiantly defended Little Round Top at Gettysburg on July 2, 1863, was… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
“I asked him if he thought “there” was better than “here.” “Not better,” he said. “I mean, my great-great-grandpap got his leg… — Tony Horwitz Copy Share Image
Let's put an end to this European civil war, the existence of which we don't want to admit, and stop constantly looking… — Emmanuel Macron Copy Share Image
“At a conservative estimate, one million dollars will be spent by American readers for this book [For Whom the Bell Tolls]. They… — Commonweal Copy Share Image
Converting the war into an antislavery crusade was a brilliant move on Lincoln's part, and it resulted in a surge of voluntary… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
I don't underrate the value of military knowledge, but if men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail. — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
We need to focus on killing the bad guys, not getting stuck in Middle Eastern civil wars that don't keep America safe. — Ted Cruz 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
“The Civil War was pre-eminently a political war, a war of peoples rather than of professional armies.” — James M. McPherson Copy Share Image
Few Americans born after the Civil War know much about war. Real war. War that seeks you out. War that arrives on… — Nick Turse Copy Share Image
I am trying to prevent a bloodbath. Is that clear enough for you? I'm trying to prevent a civil war that could… — Larry Niven Copy Share Image
“For realists, the true story of the Civil War illuminates the problem of ostensibly sober-minded compromise with powerful, and intractable, evil.” — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
I've always been a Civil War buff. In fact, the ships that always fascinated me the most were the ironclads, because they… — Clive Cussler Copy Share Image
If you surrender you shall be treated as prisoners of war, but if I haveto storm your works you may expect no… — Nathan Bedford Forrest Copy Share Image
“You don’t mess with a man’s weapons in the USA. That’s how fistfights and civil wars start. He” — Kurt Schlichter Copy Share Image
I believe it to be the duty of everyone to unite in the restoration of the country and the reestablishment of peace… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
...our state will not...secede. Have no doubt but Lincoln will make a good president - at least we ought to give him… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We have a sufficient political class, and the military doesn't have to get involved in high national office. The days of doing… — Jack Keane Copy Share Image
We hoped for a happy termination of this terrible war long before this; but God knows best, and has ruled otherwise. We… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I do not support a civil war. I don't want to be policeman of the world. But we can't back off of… — John Kasich Copy Share Image
I am sympathetic to the fact that Turkey is doing everything it can to prevent the civil war in Syria from spilling… — Thomas de Maiziere Copy Share Image
![“I think there's evil on both sides [of Syria], and I think that's one reason I don't want to be involved in civil war. I see things in personal terms. I just can't see sending one of my sons - or your son or daughter - to fight in a civil war, where on one side we have a dictator, who in all…” quote by Rand Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0f/rand-paul-606_both-sides_i-think-there-s-evil-on-both-sides-of-sy_1708560.jpg)
![“At a conservative estimate, one million dollars will be spent by American readers for this book [For Whom the Bell Tolls]. They will get for their money 34 pages of permanent value. These 34 pages tell of a massacre happening in a little Spanish town in the early days of the Civil War...Mr…” quote by Commonweal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3cd/commonweal-147682_bad-reviews_at-a-conservative-estimate-one-million-d_1031377.jpg)
