“The human race is a family. Men are brothers. All wars are civil wars. ” — Adlai Stevenson Copy Share Image
I know the hole he went in at, but I can't tell you what hole he will come out of. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I failed, I failed, and that is about all that can be said about it. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Abolish the Loyal League and the Ku Klux Klan; let us come together and stand together. — Nathan Bedford Forrest Copy Share Image
“Why do they call them civil wars when they always are so extraordinarily uncivil?” — Elizabeth Fitch Copy Share Image
Every war, when viewed from the undistorted perspective of life’s sanctity, is a “civil war” waged by humanity against itself. — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
This army stays here until the last wounded man is removed. Before I leave them to the enemy, I will lose many… — Stonewall Jackson Copy Share Image
I watched Ken Burns' Civil War series on PBS. My favorite segment is when Bob Hope entertains the troops at Gettysburg. — Mort Sahl Copy Share Image
Young feller, you will never appreciate the potentialities of the English language until you have heard a Southern mule driver search the… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
Here we will solve with laws and dollars, problems that too many people around the world still must solve with violence and… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
I used to have nightmares about the civil war when I got to England at ages 14 to 15. It took me… — Alek Wek Copy Share Image
One thing that brings me great, great joy is reading the reviews of 'Civil War' and seeing the much deserved credit that… — Kevin Feige Copy Share Image
...we feel that our honor and safety require that Ft. Sumter should be in our possession at the very earliest moment. — Francis Wilkinson Pickens Copy Share Image
There has always been interest in certain phases and aspects of history - military history is a perennial bestseller, the Civil War,… — H. W. Brands Copy Share Image
For an enemy so relentless in the war for our subjugation, we could not be expected to mourn; yet, in view of… — Jefferson Davis Copy Share Image
“nation and the Framers of the Constitution. They were sufficiently worried about corporate power that they didn’t even include in the Constitution… — Thom Hartmann Copy Share Image
“While adoration periodically crept into the relationships between slaves and overseers, their most unsavory interactions provided the inexplicable narrative for a dark… — Trevor P. Wardlaw Copy Share Image
I would only go to Syria to destroy ISIS. I would not use U.S. troops to depose Assad. But I would support… — John Kasich Copy Share Image
“Undivided singleness of mind” is what the Gita means by yoga. It is the complete opposite of the incessant civil warfare among… — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
“We piled into the back of his big red Sun-Times truck: Robertson, McHugh, a bagpipe player, assorted other regulars, and Good Sydney… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Thrilling, illuminating, heart-pounding. Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy reads like a crackling espionage novel and resonates as only the most compelling history can.… — Megan Abbott Copy Share Image
“Wananchi wanapokosa huduma za muhimu za kijamii (kama vile afya, elimu, chakula, malazi, na ulinzi) ilhali wanalipa kodi, na wameajiri serikali kuwaendeshea… — Enock Maregesi Copy Share Image
“The United States, the Spanish-American writer George Santayana wrote, ‘has always thought itself in an eminent sense the land of freedom, even… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
Today there are more African-Americans under correctional control — in prison or jail, on probation or parole — than were enslaved in… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“Now, however, Cooper’s romanticism was a receding memory, a newly muscular America replacing it with a post–Civil War vision of Manifest Destiny.… — Bob Drury Copy Share Image
“Many religious fundamentalists around the world would like to see the establishment of theocracies — states where religion and government are closely… — John Lee Copy Share Image
“Why did people ignore the lessons of history and their own senses, deny a law of life immutable as the seasons, and… — John Jakes Copy Share Image
“Is it a small thing to quench the flames of hell with the holy tears of pity -- to unbind the martyr… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
I may be a descendant of Seth. I say to myself, What does [the story of Cain and Abel] teach me? So… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image