Civil war Quote by Daniel Fried

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

— Victor Hugo

To a mankind that recognizes the equality of man everywhere, every war becomes a civil war.

— Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy

All wars are civil wars because all men are brothers... Each one owes infinitely more to the human race than to the particular country…

— Anonymous

[...] it is generally accepted that the Civil War was fought over the issue of slavery. That, at best, is a half-truth. Slavery was…

— G. Edward Griffin

All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.

— Francois Fenelon

“The Civil War was pre-eminently a political war, a war of peoples rather than of professional armies.”

— James M. McPherson

How is it possible to have a civil war?

— George Carlin

“In the 1800s, the United States was divided over the issue of slavery. The North wanted the country to end all slavery. But the…

— Mary Pope Osborne

We are in a new Civil War, and just like the last, it is a struggle for the sanctity of the Union - and…

— Allen West

The Civil War was started over economic issues, not slavery. The War was not popular in the North until the issue of slavery was…

— G. Edward Griffin

Some people cling to the belief that the Civil War was fought over states' rights. But history is not on their side. We cannot…

— Roy Cooper

“All war is civil war, for it is always man against man, spilling his own blood, tearing out his own entrails.”

— Fenelon Bonavides Neto