Civil War General

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

    “At Hayes’ General Store, west of the cemetery, hangs an old army rifle, used by a discouraged Civil War veteran to end his earthly troubles. The grocer took the rifle as payment ‘on account.’”
    —Administration for the State of Con, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)

    “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)

    “Peace to the shacks! War on the palaces!”
    —Georg Büchner (1813–1837)

    “To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling too much on any particular occasion.”
    —George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)