Civil War Quotes

679 quotes by 363 authors

Before the Civil War, Canada was at the top of the underground railroad. If you made it into Canada, you were safe unless someone came… — Margaret Atwood
You cannot be President of the United States if you don't have faith. Remember Lincoln, going to his knees in times of trial in the… — George H. W. Bush
Winning the Revolutionary War, or the Civil War, or World War II were the turning points in our history, the sine qua non of our… — Stephen Ambrose
Ty Cobb was still fighting the Civil War, and as far as he was concerned, we were all damn Yankees. But who knows, if he… — Sam Crawford
But if the two countries or governments are at war, the men of science are not. That would, indeed be a civil war of the… — Humphry Davy
But it struck me that the extreme violence and cruelty of the English Civil War had gone understated. — Simon Schama
On the last morning of Virginia's bloodiest year since the Civil War, I built a fire and sat facing a window of darkness where at… — Patricia Cornwell
During the Civil War, on hearing complaints that Gen. Ulysses S. Grant drank alcohol to excess Find out what Grant drinks and send a barrel… — Abraham Lincoln
I am deeply skeptical of re-entering into Iraq's civil war. — John Garamendi
At the end of the day...if your army won't fight, it's because they don't trust their incompetent, corrupt generals, they don't trust each other. This… — Barry McCaffrey
The American people, North and South, went into the [Civil] war as citizens of their respective states, they came out as subjects ... what they… — H. L. Mencken
You will have to go through 15, 20, 50 years of civil wars and national struggles not only to bring about a change in society… — Karl Marx
The latest developments in Iraq are deeply troubling, but as the United States considers military and diplomatic responses to the actions of the Islamic State… — Sean Patrick Maloney
It makes no sense for us to consider going back there and getting involved in what truly is a religious civil war. What real difference… — Tulsi Gabbard
In case we have to shoot Democrats. It happened during the Civil War, and it could happen again. — P.J. O'Rourke
General Lee, this is no place for you. These men behind you are Georgians and Virginians. They have never failed you and will not fail… — John Brown Gordon
My plans are perfect, and when I start to carry them out, may God have mercy on Bobby Lee, for I shall have none. — Joseph Hooker
I have just read your dispatch about sore-tongued and fatigued horses, Will you pardon me for asking what the horses of your army have done… — Abraham Lincoln
A Union that can only be maintained by swords and bayonets, and in which strife and civil war are to take the place of brotherly… — Robert E. Lee
The past is dead; let it bury its dead, its hopes and its aspirations; before you lies the future-a future full of golden promise. — Jefferson Davis

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