President-elect Donald Trump has a host of national security challenges to deal with as he assumes office, from the resurgence of the… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
These semi-traitors [Union generals who were not hostile to slavery] must be watched. Let us be careful who become army leaders in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In a world turned upside-down, where everything was wrong, bizarre, you could at least look up at the sky and see normality.… — Alex Scarrow Copy Share Image
“What’s wrong with my clothing?' she asked, glancing down the length of her body, clothed in a tank top and shorts. He… — Suzannah Daniels Copy Share Image
Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“Thomas Jefferson insisted that an “informed citizenry” is the best protection for democracy. It is therefore extremely disconcerting that a staggering percentage… — Bandy X. Lee Copy Share Image
Modern totalitarianism can be defined as the establishment, by means of the state of exception, of a legal civil war that allows… — Giorgio Agamben Copy Share Image
I didn't know enough about the Civil War or its lingering effects as we all should. It's really easy to think that… — Bryce Pinkham Copy Share Image
“All over the world there are enormous numbers of smart, even gifted, people who harbor a passion for science. But that passion… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“The hardships of the Civil War were forgotten. But we will never forget that each of us was motivated by the firm… — Georgy Zhukov Copy Share Image
Mexico is sex and Canada is mind. There is much about Canada that I find admirable - the treatment of immigrants, for… — Richard Rodriguez Copy Share Image
“The West found an excuse for every incident and boxed and labeled it under the context of the country in which it… — Brigitte Gabriel Copy Share Image
Christianity ... has produced the iniquities of the Inquisition, the egotism and celibacy of the monasteries, the fury of religious wars, the… — Ouida Copy Share Image
“Hundreds of men crowded the yard, and not a one among them was whole. They covered the ground thick as maggots on… — Edison McDaniels Copy Share Image
The war for our Union, with all the constitutional issues which it settled, and all the military lessons which it gathered in,… — William James Copy Share Image
“the great advantage the South possessed over the North at the beginning of the rebellion. They had from thirty to forty per… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
A fundamental reason why Britain was not torn apart by civil war after 1688 was that its inhabitants' aggression was channelled so… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
Some people tried to hurt us to protect themselves, their family and communities...This was one of the consequences of civil war. People… — Ishmael Beah Copy Share Image
Rather than concede to the state of Missouri for one single instant the right to dictate to my government in any matter… — Nathaniel Lyon Copy Share Image
Affirmative action was designed to recognize the uniquely difficult journey of African-Americans. This policy was justifiable and understandable, even to those who… — Jim Webb Copy Share Image
People like to make fun of the fans who camp out but people have renaissance fairs; people do Civil War re-enactments; people… — Anna Kendrick Copy Share Image
The tragedy of civil wars in countries like Angola and Mozambique is that they left many civilians maimed. Poverty is the reason… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
Madam C.J. Walker was born in 1867, two years after the civil war ended. She was a daughter of a slave. She… — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
It's a fascinating culture [the South in the Civil War period] and so rife with comedic possibilities. And not in a way… — Ed Helms Copy Share Image
“America's 1st Arab spring came in the guise of the Civil War...when our nation couldn't stomach the abomination of slavery anymore. One… — Timothy Pina Copy Share Image
I have just read your dispatch about sore-tongued and fatigued horses, Will you pardon me for asking what the horses of your… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field, and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearth-stone, all over this broad… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“Roosevelt was as much concerned to end the oppression of Jews as Lincoln was to end slavery during the Civil War; their… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
Once the troops move into Cambodia, the colleges and universities of this country were on the verge of civil war. Many closed… — William Kunstler Copy Share Image
“Vietnam had never been a true civil war. It was a war of conquest, initiated and perpetuated for more than two decades… — Andy Greenberg Copy Share Image
Germany has spent the decades since World War II in national penance for Nazi crimes. America spent the decades after the Civil… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
The foreign policy, you have to know how to pick and choose. There's no way, if Saddam [Hussein] had not had weapons… — John Kasich Copy Share Image
[During the second Sudanese Civil War] what was actually killing us wasn't the Muslims, wasn't the Arabs. It was somebody sitting somewhere… — Emmanuel Jal Copy Share Image
I actually have videos on my phone of me interviewing people and asking them what they thought of the new Spider-Man in… — Tom Holland Copy Share Image
“It was the lot of the Fifity-fourth to bear the brunt of the struggle against the bitter injustice of inferior pay to… — Luis Fenollosa Emilio Copy Share Image
The systematic, wanton, and long continued agitation of the slavery question, with the actual and threatened aggressions of the Northern States and… — Isham G. Harris Copy Share Image
My generation started in big tournaments. '88 Olympics, we got silver. '89 European Championship, we got gold. 1990 World Cup in Argentina,… — Vlade Divac Copy Share Image
And by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
ISIS despises the Russian government for its support of the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, and so it's no surprise that ISIS began… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
“Not knowing how mant troops Jenkins truly had, Johnson refused to surrender "unless forced to do so by an exhibition of your… — Clint Johnson Copy Share Image
![“These semi-traitors [Union generals who were not hostile to slavery] must be watched. Let us be careful who become army leaders in the reorganized army at the end of this Rebellion. The man who thinks that the perpetuity of slavery is essential to the existence of the Union, is unfit to be…” quote by Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47c/anonymous-1_army_these-semi-traitors-union-generals-who-w_1826184.jpg)
![“It's a fascinating culture [the South in the Civil War period] and so rife with comedic possibilities. And not in a way that...I have no intention of making fun of re-enactors. I think it's more just a celebration of their passion and enthusiasm, which is so infectious and maybe at times a little…” quote by Ed Helms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f63/ed-helms-4996_celebration_it-s-a-fascinating-culture-the-south-in_1370716.jpg)
![“The foreign policy, you have to know how to pick and choose. There's no way, if Saddam [Hussein] had not had weapons of mass destruction, I would have gone, because I don't believe that the U.S. should be involved directly in civil wars.” quote by John Kasich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f87/john-kasich-1650_believe_the-foreign-policy-you-have-to-know-how_3042082.jpg)
![“[During the second Sudanese Civil War] what was actually killing us wasn't the Muslims, wasn't the Arabs. It was somebody sitting somewhere manipulating the system, and using religion to get what they want to get out of us, which is the oil, the diamond, the gold and the land.” quote by Emmanuel Jal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6a/emmanuel-jal-12766_civil-war_during-the-second-sudanese-civil-war-wha_1105349.jpg)
