Civil War Commander

Famous quotes containing the words civil war, civil, war and/or commander:

    “I wish to see, in process of disappearing, that only thing which ever could bring this nation to civil war.”
    —Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

    “We are too civil to books. For a few golden sentences we will turn over and actually read a volume of four or five hundred pages.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “We have always said that in our war with the Arabs we had a secret weapon—no alternative.”
    —Golda Meir (1898–1978)

    “A good old commander and a most kind gentleman.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)