Against Quote by Madison Cawthorn

On Monument Avenue in Richmond, Va., there are statues of five Confederate luminaries and then, incongruously in this company, one of Arthur Ashe.

— Frank Deford

Atticus said naming people after Confederate generals made slow steady drinkers.

— Harper Lee

In many ways, the North won the Civil War militarily and then lost the peace. You know, a group of writers, included many Confederate…

— Ron Chernow

“Willing to take heat on the issue, Grant showed courage and fairness in endorsing merciful treatment for Lee. “Although it would meet with opposition…

— Ron Chernow

One of the things I would immediately do [as Commander in Chief ], in addition to defeating them here at home, is bring back…

— Carly Fiorina

A defensive war is apt to betray us into too frequent detachment. Those generals who have had but little experience attempt to protect every…

— Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor

Around the world, the generals are being ousted, and the poets are taking charge.

— Warren G. Bennis

All through history it's the nations that have given most to generals and the least to the people that have been the first to…

— Harry S. Truman

“There had been reports in recent days that Trump wanted a general to manage his office; generals appeal to him, perhaps because he believes,…

— Amy Davidson Sorkin

As the First World War made painfully clear, when politicians and generals lead nations into war, they almost invariably assume swift victory, and have…

— Adam Hochschild

Generals who can write always make me nervous.

— Ben Bradlee

“McClellan knew that Jackson’s force was relatively small, so he only sent 16,000 men under the command of Major General Nathaniel P. Banks. A…

— Charles River Editors