“Their toil had made Jackson’s fortune and raised him to the prominence that won him election as the head of Tennessee’s militia.… — Edward E. Baptist Copy Share Image
“That’s exactly where they send entry-level diplomats. After you cut your teeth on a few civil wars and a famine or two,… — Elle Lothlorien Copy Share Image
“Spirit photos were sometimes made to remember someone who had died. During the American Civil War, when hundreds of thousands of people… — Avi Copy Share Image
I grew up in Georgia and I think if you're raised in the South it's where a lot of the war was… — Ed Helms Copy Share Image
The great theme of modern British history is the fate of freedom. The 18th century inherits, after the Civil War, this very… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
When it was announced that Spider-Man was going to be in Captain America: Civil War, "Miles Morales" was trending on Twitter for… — Brian Michael Bendis Copy Share Image
I'm a living testament to the value of immigration. I escaped a civil war, and I came to Canada as a refugee,… — Chamath Palihapitiya Copy Share Image
The harsh fact of the matter is that this nation has not remotely come to grips with how many of its laws… — Shaun King Copy Share Image
Many Southern Plantation owners were working towards the day when they could convert their investment to more profitable industrial production as had… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
“This is Shakespeare and Company, it's the most famous bookstore in the world." She pointed to the shelves that reached the ceiling.… — Anita Hughes Copy Share Image
“The fear had precedent. Toward the end of the Civil War, having witnessed the effectiveness of the Union's 'colored troops,' a flailing… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
“Clara Barton was a famous Civil War nurse. When she began nursing, she used her own money for her supplies. She drove… — Mary Pope Osborne Copy Share Image
“The profilers’ plan to coax me out of the woods resembled a comedy skit. During their search of my Cane Creek trailer,… — Eric Rudolph Copy Share Image
“It is the observer of the pun that makes it, my dear Brumm. Of course, when the word is distorted, as in… — John Davidson Copy Share Image
“From almost the moment the Civil War ended, Gettysburg has been widely viewed as one of the decisive turning points of the… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
“Shortly before the battle of Fredericksburg, Jackson learned that he had become a father, receiving a letter informing him of the birth… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
I went to live in Barcelona in 1975, when I was twenty. Even before I went there, I knew more about the… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
During the civil war, the Sudanese government armed the Misseriya nomads as proxy. Even though both groups had coexisted quite well prior… — Rebecca Hamilton Copy Share Image
I worry that I may have overstated the impact of Civil War on the utopians. By the time the Civil War comes,… — Christine Jennings Copy Share Image
“Modifying Clausewitz’ aphorism—war is the continuation of diplomacy by other means—one could say that in ideologically divided countries civil war is but… — Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn Copy Share Image
Slave power crushes freedom of speech and of opinion. Slave power degrades labor. Slave power is arrogant, is jealous and intrusive, is… — Elizabeth Van Lew Copy Share Image
Sir: This point of observation commands an area nearly 50 miles in diameter. The city, with its girdle of encampments, presents a… — Thaddeus S. C. Lowe Copy Share Image
Our government is an agency of delegated and strictly limited powers. Its founders did not look to its preservation by force; but… — Jefferson Davis Copy Share Image
But my point is these Civil War songs were gruesome. The hatred that's so bad in this country today, and for the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Oh, I am heartily tired of hearing about what Lee is going to do. Some of you always seem to think he… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
You take a look at the history of African Americans in the US. There's been about thirty years of relative freedom. There… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In the nineteenth century, in part because a ton of American men moved west, in part because of the Civil War, and… — Rebecca Traister Copy Share Image
“The highly moralistic and uncompromising outlook of the Puritans eventually put them and their descendants on a collision course with the institution… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Luxury, or a refinement on the pleasures and conveniences of life, had long been supposed the source of every corruption in government,… — David Hume Copy Share Image
“The Captain, so close as he was, didn’t warrant their attention. Even a fly on a horse’s hindquarters gets a tail whip.… — Greever Williams Copy Share Image
“This book would be a great addition to a classroom library, especially considering its emphases on timeless and critical topics like discrimination… — Sharon Lovejoy Copy Share Image
“In the 1800s, the United States was divided over the issue of slavery. The North wanted the country to end all slavery.… — Mary Pope Osborne Copy Share Image
“As a refugee who fled civil war as a child, I am still trying to figure out where I fit in -… — Ilhan Omar Copy Share Image
Before the Civil War, the Southern states were selling a lot of cotton to England and didn't seem to mind British occupation.… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
“Quiet down! You're supposed to be dead!" snapped a passing Union soldier. "This is a private conversation," Margaret snapped back. "This is… — Kristan Higgins Copy Share Image
We're dealing with such enormous problems today that we have no other choice but to work together. If Iraq fails, if a… — Zalmay Khalilzad Copy Share Image
Everyone says we have our first African American president. Has there ever been a Jewish president? An Italian president? They don't say… — Monte Irvin Copy Share Image
My experience through life has convinced me that, while moderation and temperance in all things are commendable and beneficial, abstinence from spirituous… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
Hemans gallows ought to be the fate of all such ambitious men who would involve their country in civil wars, and all… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
African slavery is the corner-stone of the industrial, social, and political fabric of the South; and whatever wars against it, wars against… — Laurence M. Keitt Copy Share Image
![“I grew up in Georgia and I think if you're raised in the South it's where a lot of the war was fought, and it's just more present in the sort of psyche of the South. So I've always just been interested and sort of fascinated by [Civil War].” quote by Ed Helms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fa/ed-helms-4996_civil-war_i-grew-up-in-georgia-and-i-think-if-you_1076920.jpg)
