American civil war Quote by Bruce Catton

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

The United States needed a civil war to unite properly.

— Umberto Eco

What happened in America in the 1860s was a war of secession, a war of independence, no different in principle from what happened in…

— L. Neil Smith

How is it possible to have a civil war?

— George Carlin

The two world wars boosted American power and devastated potential rivals to an extent that could not have lasted more than a few decades.

— Ian Bremmer

In 1913 many believed that there would never again be a war in Europe. The great powers of the continent were so closely intertwined…

— Jean-Claude Juncker

For over two centuries, each generation of Americans before us confronted and solved problems. They embraced opportunities and Americans have never had it easy.…

— Marco Rubio

Every country ended slavery without civil war; US could have.

— Ron Paul

Every time that we've ever fought, we fought to keep from bein' destroyed. We've never started a war.

— Howard Finster

In my opinion, a war between England and Germany was a war between brothers. In my inner self I admired the English government and…

— Walter Schellenberg

In the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union, everyone in America assumed that there would be wars to follow - wars over…

— Ben Domenech

There is no time in American history in which there was more economic conflict between segments of the population than there was prior to…

— G. Edward Griffin