The colored man has been accustomed all his life to lean on the white man, and if a good officer is placed… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
I am out of money,we are all out of money,but we dont need money down here- Dont need anything but Men ,… — James A. Connolly Copy Share Image
“England's civil war had ended in a consensus as the English discovered that they hated foreigners more than they hated their own… — Len Deighton Copy Share Image
Darkest of all Decembers ever has my life known, Sitting here by the embers, stunned, helpless, alone. — Mary Boykin Chesnut Copy Share Image
If you print money like in Zimbabwe... the purchasing power of money goes down, and the standards of living go down, and… — Marc Faber Copy Share Image
During the Civil War, the fledgling Republican Party constructed the nation's first activist government, using taxes to fund social welfare legislation for… — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
America after Trump may be more like the European Union; a rambling alliance of interstate compacts, rather than the forced marriage of… — Joy Reid Copy Share Image
Thus ended the great American Civil War, which must upon the whole be considered the noblest and least avoidable of all the… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Abraham Lincoln - the spirit incarnate of those who won victory in the Civil War - was the true representative of this… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“Other corporations have asserted Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination as well as asserted that the Fourteenth Amendment—passed after the Civil War to… — Thom Hartmann 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
Well, it's an ancestral tribe. These were immigrants from north of Germany who came here about the time of the Civil War,… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I think a lot of Civil War stuff is written - As they say, history is written by the victors. And one… — Josh Radnor Copy Share Image
“The history of this nation up through the Civil War shows how difficult the establishment of a federal authority can be when… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
The Emancipation Proclamation, signed by President Abraham Lincoln, was put into effect on January 1, 1863, but news of the Proclamation and… — Corrine Brown Copy Share Image
“Going by current developments, India is sure to catch up - not in 50, but in another 20 years - with America...… — Dr Deepak Hiwale, aka 'Dr Dee Copy Share Image
This [Magna Carta] has been forced from the King. It constitutes an insult to the Holy See, a serious weakening of the… — Pope Innocent III Copy Share Image
“Thus, in that inevitable taking of sides which comes from selection and emphasis in history, I prefer to try to tell the… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
“I believe — I daily find it proved — that we can get nothing in this world worth keeping, not so much… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
“Since Ulysses S. Grant’s spelling could border on the eccentric, I have taken the liberty of correcting that and his punctuation and… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
Intervention in Syria is not an option. President Obama has already helped foment this civil war and supported the al-Qaeda jihadists. This… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
“Where I grew up, death is a constant visitor. A virus, bacteria, a parasite; drought and famine; soldiers, and torturers; could bring… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
“I always wanted to be a sad white girl. I wanted to be sad like Lana Del Rey. I wanted a sadness… — Christopher Soto Copy Share Image
You can't have anything valuable in your house. Niggers will break in and take it all! Everything white people don't like about… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
Emancipation is the demand of civilization. That is a principle; everything else is an intrigue. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Fondly do we hope, ferverently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Tennessee will not furnish a single man for coercion, but fifty thousand, if necessary, for the defense of our rights, or those… — Isham G. Harris 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
I was watching TV and saw people with masks, weapons, and grenades. I thought, Is that really possible? Could we be here… — Nadine Labaki Copy Share Image
I never knew what to do with a paper except to put it in a side pocket or pass it to a… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
He raised his hands, not to strike, but in benediction. Lincoln was the grandest figure of the fiercest civil war. He is… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“A brick could be used to start a civil war. And then that same brick could be used to start building the… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
Granted that every war is madness-civil war, fratricide, is the worst of all; it reaches deeper into ugliness, cruelty and absurdity. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Since the civil war in Laos was resumed in earnest in 1963, American participation has been veiled in secrecy. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Slavery cannot exist a day or an hour anywhere, unless it is supported by local police regulations. — Stephen A. Douglas Copy Share Image
The time for compromise has now passed, and the South is determined to maintain her position, and make all who oppose her… — Jefferson Davis Copy Share Image
Nor should the U.S. military be forced to remain in Iraq essentially as an army for one side of a civil war. — Peter DeFazio Copy Share Image
Quit thinking about what Bobby Lee's gonna do to us and start thinking about what we're going to do to him. — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
During the Civil War, on hearing complaints that Gen. Ulysses S. Grant drank alcohol to excess Find out what Grant drinks and… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The enemy has assailed my outposts in heavy force. I have fallen back on the line of Bull Run and will make… — P. G. T. Beauregard Copy Share Image