the worst wars are religious wars between sects of the same religion or civil wars between brothers of the same race. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
It is almost inconceivable that citizens of that time were willing to support so bloody a war, by putting so high a… — Michael Novak Copy Share Image
“Supposedly, there was a civil war going on and my brother was part of it. Welcome to the struggle.” — James Cox Copy Share Image
And we love to dance, especially that new one called the Civil War Twist. The Northern part of you stands still while… — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
What a beautiful world God, in His loving kindness to His creatures, has given us! What a shame that men endowed with… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
The civil war which has so long prevailed between Spain and the Provinces in South America still continues, without any prospect of… — James Monroe Copy Share Image
I have heard of 'the dead lying in heaps', but never saw it till this battle. Whole ranks fell together. — Emory Upton Copy Share Image
Gold begets in brethren hate; Gold in families debate; Gold does friendship separate; Gold does civil wars create. — Abraham Cowley Copy Share Image
Many say that a man comes along with the moral courage of Nelson Mandela once in a lifetime. He was an extraordinary… — Craig Kielburger Copy Share Image
When the blood of thousands of Americans is shed, the impact lingers. For a generation after the Civil War, the Republican injunction… — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share Image
In Finland, we learned quite a lot from our own civil war. The wounds were visible when I was a boy, but… — Harri Holkeri Copy Share Image
“(Running out of Night) ...is a story that respects this pivotal era of American history, a story that reveals the pain, the… — Sharon Lovejoy Copy Share Image
The idea of sovereignty current in the English speaking world of the 1760's was scarcely more than a century old. It had… — Bernard Bailyn Copy Share Image
“I hadn't had a chance to read an entire novel in weeks. Whatever the others might say about politics, civil war, and… — Alyxandra Harvey Copy Share Image
“Lee replied: "Tell your friends it is unworthy of them as women, especially Christian women, to cherish feelings of resentment against the… — Clint Johnson Copy Share Image
In 2001, I moved from Philly to Atlanta, where I lived for six years. I had never lived anywhere but Philly, and… — Karen Abbott Copy Share Image
“Incidentally, there's a little historical footnote here, if you're interested. The oil company that was authorized by the Treasury Department under Bush… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“In the morning we shed our blue sheep’s clothing. Our border shirts came out of satchels and onto our backs. We preferred… — Daniel Woodrell Copy Share Image
For nearly five years the present Ministers have harassed every trade, worried every profession, and assailed or menaced every class, institution, and… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
“MANO: There's no question in my mind that we've always felt, in the heart of our Western, Christian culture, that Jesus was… — D. Keith Mano Copy Share Image
“These boozy and licentious variety halls thrived on the patronage of civil War soldiers on furlough, prompting moralists to persuade the city… — Mike Wallace Copy Share Image
The War of the Roses in England and the Civil War in America were both intestinal conflicts arising out of similar ideas.… — J. F. C. Fuller Copy Share Image
The West would be well advised to change its approach towards failing states. At present, no major power can find the correct… — Ahmed Rashid 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
Our Civil War history is important, but it belongs in textbooks and museums - not a place of allegiance on our Capitol… — Roy Cooper Copy Share Image
I have never in my life taken a command into battle and had the slightest desire to come out alive unless I… — Philip Sheridan Copy Share Image
Since before the Civil War, crosses have indeed garnished veterans' memorials from the North to the South, from Arlington to Normandy, and… — Chuck Norris Copy Share Image
If I gave McClellan all the men he asked for, they could not find room to lie down; they'd have to sleep… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
We were lavish of blood in those days, and it was thought to be a great thing to charge a battery of… — Daniel Harvey Hill Copy Share Image
“In the presence of...civil war, to testify to humanity!...to prove that above royalties, above revolutions, above earthly questions, there is the immense… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
He walked with long, ungraceful strides, enormous feet adding to the spectacle, and he sat a horse as if leaning into a… — James I. Robertson, Jr Copy Share Image
You know, the thing that struck me about Civil War music was how bloody it was; it was full of hatred. There… — T Bone Burnett Copy Share Image
You go back and look at things like Civil War, World War II, Vietnam, a lot of people dying in state-sponsored arm… — Juan Williams Copy Share Image
With this honor devolves upon you also a corresponding responsibility. As the country herein trusts you, so under God it will sustain… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“ “In the South, football is confused with religion, chivalry, the Civil War, and women.” -Diane Roberts, The Quotable South ” — Deborah Ford Copy Share Image
The prisoners still keep killing each other thay hung six yesterday thay fight all most every night in the stockade. — Joseph Williams Copy Share Image
For some reason I seem to absorb the landscape and cultures where I am planted. A State Divided Symphony was inspired by… — Barbara Harbach Copy Share Image
“While technically Maryland remained in the Union during the Civil War, it was the border state, a schizophrenic no-man’s-land with the North… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
Offering thanks in the midst of tragedy is an American tradition, . even during a bloody Civil War. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
One of the greatest difficulties in civil war is, that more art is required to know what should be concealed from our… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
