Civil War General

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

    “Colonel Shaw
    and his bell-cheeked Negro infantry
    on St. Gaudens shaking Civil War relief,
    propped by a plank splint against the garage’s earthquake.”
    —Robert Lowell (1917–1977)

    “Come, come, my boy, say “Good morning” to your creator. Speak! You’ve got a civil tongue in your head, I know you have because I sewed it back myself.”
    —Kenneth Langtry, and Herbert L. Strock. Prof. Frankenstein (Whit Bissell)

    “I really don’t think this war will end soon. We are completely aware of the difficulties, no food or fuel, the danger, but we want to be stronger than all that. With each child, we are fighting back with our love of life.”
    —Tina Bajraktarebic (b. 1965)

    “What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.”
    —Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)