Famous quotes containing the words civil and/or actions:
“During the Civil War the area became a refuge for service- dodging Texans, and gangs of bushwhackers, as they were called, hid in its fastnesses. Conscript details of the Confederate Army hunted the fugitives and occasional skirmishes resulted.”
—Administration in the State of Texa, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“But they who are unconcerned about the consequences of their actions are not therefore unconcerned about their actions.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)