American Quote by Jefferson Davis

If the Confederacy fails, there should be written on its tombstone: Died of a Theory.

— Jefferson Davis

“The Confederacy was on the wrong side of history and humanity. It sought to tear apart our nation and subjugate our fellow Americans to…

— Mitch Landrieu

“If Lincoln were alive today, he'd roll over in his grave.”

— Gerald Ford

“If Abraham Lincoln were alive now, he'd roll over in his grave.”

— Gerald Ford

“When a great genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign; that the dunces are all in confederacy against him."…

— Jonathan Swift

“. . . the Yankee dollar and Confederate dumbness combined to heal the wounds of four years of fratricidal strife. . .”

— Robert Penn Warren

“Once the American Revolution is understood as a civil war, much falls into place.”

— Daniel Hannan

“of the Civil War. They became famously”

— John Metcalfe

“Gerald Ford, one of the most admirable presidents of our time, once observed that if Lincoln were alive today, he’d be turning over in…

— David McCullough

“We stepped outside rather hurriedly and down the street to anonymous sanctuary among the buildings of San Francisco. "Promise me till your dying day,…

— Richard Brautigan

“I buried the past in a shallow, unmarked grave but it does not rest in peace. It demands to be named and honored.”

— D.C. Hubbard

“death is not the total dissolution or our identity but the way to its fullest revelation.”

— Henri J.M. Nouwen