Civil war Quote by Allen West

How is it possible to have a civil war?

— George Carlin

So the case stands, and under all the passion of the parties and the cries of battle lie the two chief moving causes of…

— Charles Dickens

“Down our way we're always had a theory that the Civil War was not brought on by Secession of Slavery or the State's Rights…

— Irvin S. Cobb

What’s so civil about war anyway?

— Axl Rose

When you're fighting for civil rights, it's sometimes two steps forward and one step back. Civil rights are an evolution; and you have to…

— Gloria Allred

The United States needed a civil war to unite properly.

— Umberto Eco

Our union rests upon public opinion, and can never be cemented by the blood of its citizens shed in civil war.

— James Buchanan

This union has been divided in like a civil war - brother against brother - sister against sister. And I'm pulling it together. We've…

— James P. Hoffa

The Civil War created in this country what had never existed before - a national consciousness. It was not the salvation of the Union;…

— Woodrow Wilson

Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought between men, between brothers?

— Victor Hugo

The Civil War was fought, in a sense, over whether that sentence - all men are created equal - is to be taken literally.…

— Daniel Fried

Civil war is a national crisis and also a private trauma: We suffer it collectively and in isolation.

— Hisham Matar