Civil War Quotes

Instead of friends, I see in Washington only mortal enemies. Instead of loving the old flag of the stars and stripes, I see in it only the symbol of murder, plunder, oppression, and shame.

If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would do that. I have here stated my purpose according to my official duty, and I intend no modification of my oft-expressed personal wish that all men, everywhere, could be free.

Duty is ours; consequences are God's.

I can only say that I am nothing but a poor sinner, trusting in Christ alone for salvation.

It will be all right if it turns out all right.

That living specimen of gall and hatred, that individual.

In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong.

A question settled by violence, or in disregard of law, must remain unsettled forever.

I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.

I done told you twice already goddammit no!

The solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.

If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong.

They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist...

I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print them as facts. I regard them as spies, which, in truth, they are.

Wherever the enemy goes let our troops go also.

Now he belongs to the ages.

The contest is not over, the strife is not ended. It has only entered on a new and enlarged arena.

In the name of the constitution of Texas, which has been trampled upon, I refuse to take this oath. I love Texas too well to bring civil strife and bloodshed upon her.

The greatest curse that can befall a free people, is civil war.

My experience through life has convinced me that, while moderation and temperance in all things are commendable and beneficial, abstinence from spirituous liquors is the best safeguard of morals and health.

I did not come here for the purpose of surrendering my command.

We may be annihilated, but we cannot be conquered.

My trust is in the mercy and wisdom of a kind Providence, who ordereth all things for our good.

**** it, holler them across.

The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty. Plainly, the sheep and the wolf are not agreed upon a definition of liberty.