America Quote by Ken Burns

“I am passionately interested in how my Country works, and if you want to know about this thing called the United States of America,…

— Ken Burns

I grew up in Georgia and I think if you're raised in the South it's where a lot of the war was fought, and…

— Ed Helms

I grew up in the South, so a huge part of our American History education revolved around the Civil War.

— Anson Mount

Like many people who live in the South, I'm drawn to the history of the Civil War.

— Nicholas Sparks

Few Americans born after the Civil War know much about war. Real war. War that seeks you out. War that arrives on your doorstep…

— Nick Turse

I came from the South and I know what war is, for I have seen its wreckage and terrible ruin. It is easy for…

— Woodrow Wilson

How is it possible to have a civil war?

— George Carlin

I believe that we are again engaged in a great civil war, a cultural way that's about to hijack your birthright to think and…

— Charlton Heston

I became an American in 2006. It got me thinking about what is my America and what's my perception of America.

— Tracey Ullman

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

I gained a great appreciation for what I would call the collective achievement of the country. I began thinking of America as a much…

— Charles Kuralt

The Civil War created in this country what had never existed before - a national consciousness. It was not the salvation of the Union;…

— Woodrow Wilson