Isaac Parker

“‘Do equal and exact justice’ is my motto, and I have often said to the grand jury, ‘Permit no innocent man to be punished, but let no guilty man escape'”. –Isaac Parker

Henry Steele Commager

“The Bill of Rights was not written to protect governments from trouble. It was written precisely to give the people the constitutional means to cause trouble for governments they no longer trusted”. –Henry Steele Commager

Susan B. Anthony

“The men and women of the North are slaveholders, those of the South slaveowners. The guilt rests on the North equally with the South”. –Susan B. Anthony

Stonewall Jackson

“The time for war has not yet come, but it will come, and that soon; and when it does come, my advice is to draw the sword and throw away the scabbard”. –Stonewall Jackson

Thomas Francis Meagher

“A good government may, indeed, redress the grievances of an injured people; but a strong people can alone build up a great nation”. –Thomas Francis Meagher

Abraham Lincoln

“You and I are different races. We have between us a broader difference than exists between almost any other races. Whether it be right or wrong, I need not discuss; but this physical difference is a great disadvantage to us both, as I think. Your race suffer very greatly, many of them by living amongst us, while ours suffers from your presence. In a word, we suffer on each side. If this is admitted, it affords a reason at least why we should be separated”. –Abraham Lincoln

William Tecumseh Sherman

“Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster”. –William Tecumseh Sherman