Civil War General

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

    “A war between Europeans is a civil war.”
    —Victor Hugo (1802–1885)

    “... as a result of generations of betrayal, it’s nearly impossible for Southern Negroes to trust a Southern white. No matter what he does or what he suffers, a white liberal is never established beyond suspicion in the hearts of the minority.”
    —Sarah Patton Boyle, U.S. civil rights activist and author. The Desegregated Heart, part 2, ch. 10 (1962)

    “There is hardly such a thing as a war in which it makes no difference who wins. Nearly always one side stands more or less for progress, the other side more or less for reaction.”
    —George Orwell (1903–1950)

    “Amid the pressure of great events, a general principle gives no help.”
    —Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831)