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679 Civil War quotes by 327 unique authors

When news of the surrender first reached our lines our men commenced firing a salute of a hundred guns in honor of the victory. I… — Ulysses S. Grant
Grant began by expressing a hope that the war would soon be over, and Lee replied by stating that he had for some time been… — Horace Porter
I can anticipate no greater calamity for the country than the dissolution of the Union. It would be an accumulation of all the evils we… — Robert E. Lee
With all my devotion to the Union, and the feeling of loyalty and duty of an American citizen, I have not been able to make… — Robert E. Lee
I see the President almost every day. I see very plainly Abraham Lincoln's dark brown face with its deep-cut lines, the eyes always to me… — Walt Whitman
I think that Lee should have been hanged. It was all the worse that he was a good man and a fine character and acted… — Henry Adams
The time for compromise has now passed, and the South is determined to maintain her position, and make all who oppose her smell Southern powder… — Jefferson Davis
It is almost inconceivable that citizens of that time were willing to support so bloody a war, by putting so high a price upon Union… — Michael Novak
There is a terrible war coming, and these young men who have never seen war cannot wait for it to happen, but I tell you,… — Robert E. Lee
He walked with long, ungraceful strides, enormous feet adding to the spectacle, and he sat a horse as if leaning into a strong wind. — James I. Robertson, Jr.
There are some places where history just grabs you by the jugular. This is one of them. — Simon Schama
From the days of the Founding Fathers, right to this (2008) election, how and where America fights to defend its freedom, has been the ultimate… — Simon Schama
How is this any different than the big boat argument of people when it came to African-Americans after the Civil War, decided, 'Put them on… — Chris Matthews
For the other end of the spectrum, the 50 to 85 percent of the world's population who are not the recipients of privilege, the world… — Immanuel Wallerstein
It cost about 75 cents to kill a man in Ceasar's time. The price rose to about $3,000 per man during the Napoleonic wars; to… — Unknown Author
I dream that someday the United States will be on the side of the peasants in some civil war. I dream that we will be… — Michael Parenti
The division of the United States into federations of equal force was decided long before the Civil War by the high financial powers of Europe.… — Otto von Bismarck
In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you.... You… — Abraham Lincoln
The United States is just now the oldest country in the world, there always is an oldest country and she is it, it is she… — Gertrude Stein
The principle of majority rule is the mildest form in which the force of numbers can be exercised. It is a pacific substitute for civil… — Walter Lippmann
For nearly five years the present Ministers have harassed every trade, worried every profession, and assailed or menaced every class, institution, and species of property… — Benjamin Disraeli
The three most written-about subjects of all time are Jesus, the Civil War, and the Titanic. — Daniel Mendelsohn
I come from a stupid family. During the civil war my great uncle fought for the west. — Rodney Dangerfield
The Civil War defined us as what we are and it opened us to being what we became, good and bad things... It was the… — Shelby Foote
People want to know why the South is so interested in the Civil War. I had maybe, it's a rough guess, about fifty fistfights in… — Shelby Foote

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