Civil war Quote by Arthur Miller

“This isn't to deny that there were fierce arguments, at the time and ever since, about the causes and goals of both the Civil…

— George Packer

In 1961, an official U.S. commission oversaw thousands of events to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the American Civil War. All 50 states joined…

— Amanda Foreman

The history of any nation is not only a succession of events, but also a chain of ideas.

— Pyotr Chaadayev

In the middle of the nineteenth century, the United States embarked on a new relationship with death, entering into a civil war that proved…

— Drew Gilpin Faust

A lot of it was, you know, you look for moments where, for instance, we were dependent on Abraham Lincoln making sure that the…

— Michael Beschloss

There has never been an American tragedy. There have only been great failures.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

In Britain and Europe, no event is less forgotten than World War I, or 'The Great War,' as it was called until 1939.

— Michael Korda

A single event can shape our lives or change the course of history.

— Deepak Chopra

History of America, Part I (1776-1966): Declaration of Independence, Constitutional Convention, Louisiana Purchase, Civil War, Reconstruction, World War I, Great Depression, New Deal, World…

— Norman Chad

Thus ended the great American Civil War, which must upon the whole be considered the noblest and least avoidable of all the great mass…

— Winston Churchill

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

— Hisham Matar

American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it.

— Anonymous