Civil war Quote by Roy Cooper

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

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

— Anson Mount

We want to keep the actual Civil War experience alive.

— Bobby Riggs

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

— Nicholas Sparks

We have good history in Virginia... and we have history that's not good and I don't think we can shy away from any of…

— Ralph Northam

The trouble with American History is that you don't remember it, and why should you? Nobody does.

— Barbara Holland

What would constitute useful history? That which should teach us our duties and our rights, without appearing to teach them.

— Voltaire

We still have to realize that if you are say a historian of the Civil War, you don’t know anything special about say Columbus…

— James W. Loewen

History does not belong to us; we belong to it.

— Hans-Georg Gadamer

“Even if published in written form, history, it is argued, is not embedded as a memory at an individual level: it has to be…

— Suzanne Keene

I think a lot of Civil War stuff is written - As they say, history is written by the victors. And one of the…

— Josh Radnor

History is the memory of States.

— Anonymous