But I would make it unambiguously clear that we are going to withdraw, and if Iraq falls into civil war and if… — William Odom Copy Share Image
Yes, the small village that we live in, in Virginia, is a very interesting place, in terms of its Civil War history,… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
Hair is also a problem. I remember once, when I was reporting from Beirut at the height of the civil war, someone… — Kate Adie Copy Share Image
We must enlist our own snake and strike like a cobra against their vitals with an attack on Washington. — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
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Sir, if you think that I am that kind of a man, you have missed your mark. I would rather die a… — Sam Davis Copy Share Image
Most historians agree that Abraham Lincoln was the most important man to ever occupy the White House because he abolished slavery and… — Kitty Kelley Copy Share Image
If all do not join now to save the good old ship of the Union this voyage nobody will have a chance… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
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If you dont like our counrty get out and if you are apart of the 12 million illegal immigrants then yes you… — Shawn Dee Copy Share Image
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The story of emancipation, going really back to the founding of the country all the way to the civil war is very… — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share Image
The edge of the conflict swayed to and fro, with wild whirlpools and eddies. At times I saw around me more of… — Joshua Chamberlain Copy Share Image
I think in English history a very interesting character is John Lilburne. Very interesting character because of the way he managed to… — Jeremy Corbyn Copy Share Image
The obligation d'âme meant that his only allegiance was to Felix, making them a separate kingdom of two, with Felix as king… — Sarah Monette Copy Share Image
I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken; and to the extent of my… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
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Dear world, my friends, my family, everyone else I love,I have been thinking of this for quite a while… I realized this…… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Most American ideas were a part of the great tradition of the eighteenth-century common-wealthmen, the radical Whig ideology that arose from a… — Robert Middlekauff Copy Share Image
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There is a risk that overt American support for Guaido could shore up Maduro's base and trigger displays of military force, potentially… — Ro Khanna Copy Share Image
Now I have shed my first blood. I feel no qualms, no pride, no remorse. There is only a weary indifference that… — Audie Murphy Copy Share Image
Strangely enough, the legend of John Brown, who was clearly crazy, helped the abolitionist cause and is thought to have precipitated the… — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
“The situation was fast approaching that of 1863, when Chicago doctors labeled the prison an extermination camp.” — George Levy Copy Share Image
We show our sympathy with slavery by emancipating slaves where we cannot reach them, and holding them in bondage where we can… — William H. Seward Copy Share Image
It is safe to assert that no government proper ever had a provision in its organic law for its own termination. — Abraham Lincoln 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
Something often neglected in popular accounts of the Wild West is the extent to which its dramas were colored by the politics… — Gary Krist Copy Share Image
Whether the Union stands or falls, I believe the profession of arms will henceforth be more desirable and more respected than it… — Charles Sumner Copy Share Image
One minute the teacher was talking about the Civil War. And the next minute he was gone. There. Gone. No 'poof.' No… — Michael Grant Copy Share Image
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The past is dead; let it bury its dead, its hopes and its aspirations; before you lies the future-a future full of… — Jefferson Davis 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
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
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
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