Certainty Quote by David Swanson

I'm Beginning To Wonder If It Would Have Been Best Had The South Won The Civil War.

— Ted Nugent

The question of what actually caused the Civil War is secondary to the result of the Civil War, which is that after the war…

— Corey Stewart

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

— Ron Paul

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

The South was at the point where the scale was tipping against slavery. It was slowly dawning on the plantation owners that slave labor…

— John Coleman

“The abolition of slavery, apart from preservation of the Union, was the most important result of our Civil War. But the transition was badly…

— William Silverman

Slavery remained in the Deep South by other names - in prison programs with charges over nothing and eternal debt that threatened every African-American…

— David Swanson

It was necessary to put the South at a moral disadvantage by transforming the contest from a war waged against states fighting for their…

— Woodrow Wilson

Only let the North exert as much moral influence over the South, as the South has exerted demoralizing influence over the North, and slavery…

— Angelina Grimke

I didn't know enough about the Civil War or its lingering effects as we all should. It's really easy to think that the Civil…

— Bryce Pinkham

[...] 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

“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