What happened in America in the 1860s was a war of secession, a war of independence, no different in principle from what happened in America in the 1770s and 1780s.
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Related She was intimidating and all I could do was sit back on the couch as she paced back and forth, slowl... IN THE MAKING Without God there could be no American form of government nor an American way of life. Recognition o... DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOWER You're full of contradictions, Ms. Wallace." I looked up at him and arched a brow. "I'm a girl... TAMMARA WEBBER The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS We have been terrorised by what happened in America and we express our condolences to the American p... MUAMMAR AL-GADDAFI Maya Angelou had the ability to glean inspiration out of pain. THE PROPHET OF LIFE If I provide for this life and turn away from the Lord, I am wise for a moment, but lost forever. FRANCINE RIVERS The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS What happened in the past is just that, the past. Champion or not. 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One's ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE That's history. I say history because it happened in the past. MURRAY WALKER How do you know if something is real? That’s easy. Does it change you? Does it form you? Does it g... C. JOYBELL C. In the beginning, there was nothing and from nothing came our species then behold the dawn of music.... GARY F EVANS... It is much more valuable to look for the strength in others. You can gain nothing by criticizing the... DAISAKU IKEDA the deceased don’t want you to forget about them. They just want you to move past it; not to dwell... JUSTIN PYFROM Never give up on you. In order to make a difference you would have to somehow be different. JOHNNIE DENT JR. If I am to understand that you are enquiring whether I am of Jewish origin, I can only reply that I ... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Long ago, before I met her, she twisted her blond hair into dreadlocks and, pretty as she is, the lo... TONI MORRISON So what do you do if you are imprisoned for your race and ethnicity? The message is, Those are your ... SUN YUNG SHIN We fall back into the past, we jump ahead into the future, and in this we lose our entire lives. THICH NHAT HANH No one should let yesterday use up too much of today. Easy to say, hard to live. ANDREA HAIRSTON It may be the kind where, at the age of thirty, you sit in some bar hating everybody who comes in lo... J.D. SALINGER There was a house at the foot of the tower, close to the thunder of the waves breaking against the c... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ This instant is the only time there is. A COURSE IN MIRACLES I am never upset for the reason I think. A COURSE IN MIRACLES Perception is a mirror not a fact. And what I look on is my state of mind, reflected outward. A COURSE IN MIRACLES Teach only love for that is what you are. A COURSE IN MIRACLES Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists. Herein lies the peace of God. A COURSE IN MIRACLES Only my condemnation injures me. A COURSE IN MIRACLES I can elect to change all thoughts that hurt. A COURSE IN MIRACLES Seek not to change the world, but choose to change your mind about the world. A COURSE IN MIRACLES Only your mind can produce fear. A COURSE IN MIRACLES To have the time to reminisce is one of the futures gifts. Don't think to much, don't live to fast, ... CALVIN WILSON We are the masters of our own destinies we shape and mould our lives into to the circumstances surro... GARY F EVANS... We each have a special something we can get only at a special time of our life. like a small flame. ... HARUKI MURAKAMI Allie, what do the Stars tell me to do? You know I don't understand the scientific part. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN The capacity of humans to believe in what seems to me highly improbable- from table tapping to the s... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN It is strange being in a crowd where no one knows your face or cares for your purpose. In Lykos, I w... PIERCE BROWN Racial hatred in America still exists but never was it anything like the time immediately after the ... WILLIAM SILVERMAN I have always wished the present to resemble memory: because the present can be flat at times, and b... LYDIA MILLET When you've learned to both see and not see the resemblance, then you see the uniqueness. BARBARA KATZ ROTHMAN Now is the only time we have, and the only time we have any control over. RICHARD CARLSON We can leave a place behind, or we can stay in that place and leave our selfishness (often expressed... JOHN H. GROBERG Injustice in the end produces independence. VOLTAIRE ...what happened in New York and Washington is the same thing that England and America did to Berlin... LEMMY KILMISTER Beautify your breath – beautify your life. AMIT RAY He brings the greatest conflict into the history of mankind. He will come soon to our world just lik... TOBA BETA She would tuck Sam into her heart, a bright light for her to take out whenever things were darkest. SARAH J. MAAS I saw what happened when a dictator was allowed to take over a piece of a country and the country we... MADELEINE ALBRIGHT No, of course not. But surely you know your affair couldn't go on forever." "Forever has no mea... ELLEN HOPKINS A perfectly decent fellow may be driven by circumstances to commit a crime and if he's found out he'... W.SOMERSET MAUGHAM Let me repeat. I have not read all the work of this present generation of writing. I have not had ti... WILLIAM FAULKNER I hate saying corny things like "traveling incognito." But when I'm with somebody that's corny, I al... J.D. SALINGER “Love is not to be discovered but felt.It is brewing in air across universe.One needs only open ey... ANUJ SOMANY I promise myself that I will enjoy every minute of the day that is given me to live. THICH NHAT HANH You can't go back to how things were. How you thought they were. All you really have is...now. JAY ASHER Life is a journey, not a destination. RALPH WALDO EMERSON It is so torturous to be in the crowd not only because the voice there is usually loud, but also oft... ANUJ SOMANY When you grow up there are things that you would love to do make your father proud is one and have f... GARY F EVANS... It seems like all the best people have all the worst habits. THOMAS WALLACE SCHERZER A person who lives truly in present time is dependent on oneself only not on sycophants’ people. ANUJ SOMANY I had a best friend once 20 years down the line a friendship that you just do not get now, i regarde... GARY F EVANS... Tongues are a miraculous manifestations of being filled with the Holy Ghost. PST ADELAJA SUNDAY The Buddha told him, "When we sit, we know we are sitting. When we walk, we know we are walking. Whe... THICH NHAT HANH She plucked the blossoms from the bag and arranged them, one by one, in the water glass on her dress... SARAH JIO Tomorrow is tomorrow. Future cares have future cures, And we must mind today. SOPHOCLES To him, even the momentary was momentous. G.K. CHESTERTON You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the... JAN GLIDEWELL I’m pretty sure there are some things in the dark that we’re not meant to see. KARINA HALLE I know,” said November. He was pale and thin lipped. He helped October out of the wooden chair. �... NEIL GAIMAN The artist must see the war with a unique vision. If he doesn't, then he hasn't added anything to ou... WILLIAM EASTLAKE Someday you'll remember what I said and you'll thank me for it." Francie wished adults wo... BETTY SMITH I took my orders, too. But if i couldn't keep you alive, I thought I could at least keep you togethe... MITCH ALBOM This world that we live in would be perfect if there were less prejudice and people who think they a... WERLEY NORTREUS A knowledge of Persian will aid a traveler in these countries [Turkmenistan]; but the Toorkey [Turki... A MAJOR IN THE BRITISH ARMY In Hong Kong, I read Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s “Love in the Time of Cholera”, in which the hero... GRAEME SIMSION Maybe the ultimate wound is the one that makes you miss the war you got it in. SEBASTIAN JUNGER Wisdom consists of knowing how to distinguish the nature of trouble, and in choosing the lesser evil... NICCOLò MACHIAVELLI Art must be parochial in the beginning to be cosmopolitan in the end. GEORGE A. MOORE What President Bush did in his doctrine of preemptive strike and in his war in Afghanistan and in Ir... LOUIS FARRAKHAN There is no such thing as an atheist in a foxhole. During an ambush, you're praying for everything a... WARREN ZINN ,i>Since the Holy Spirit Gifts men and women alike, women should bel allowed to lead in the manne... ALAN GARRETT The beauty was nothing made sense. We were complex. We were intricate. We were designed with flaws w... DOMINIC RICCITELLO All believers are members of the same body and should be viewed and treated that way. HENRY HON The goal in life is not to try and live forever, but to create something that will forever in people... KARON WADDELL Age mellows some people; others it makes rotten. -Heard in Arkansas. HEARD IN ARKANSAS AFFORDABLE HOUSING: defined in such a way that WE ALL AGREE upon it's shared relevance and WHY WE WI... HOMELESS IN FAIRFAX I relieve and release your hurt that you may be set free. ALICE IN WONDERLAND What if I should fall right through the center of the earth... oh, and come out the other side, wher... ALICE IN WONDERLAND People who suffer from migraine with aura can sometimes experience a phenomenon called the ALICE IN WONDERLAND Mad Hatter: No wonder you're late. Why, this watch is exactly two days slow. ALICE IN WONDERLAND
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