"A house divided against itself cannot stand"

"There is really no crisis except an artificial one...If the great American people will only keep their temper, on both sides of the line, the trouble will come to an end" - Abraham Lincoln

"Really, Mr. Lincoln, I have had enough of this show business"
"It will be all right if it turns out all right." - General Ulysses S. Grant

"War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over" - General William T. Sherman

"All this has been my fault.." - General Robert E. Lee

"My religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed. God has fixed the time for my death. I do not concern myself about that, but to always be ready, no matter when it may overtake me." - General "Stonewall" Jackson

"We talked the matter over and could have settled the war in thirty minutes had it been left to us." - Rebel soldier after having a conversation with an Union soldier between the lines