By: Megan Mohrmann

*Famous Civil War Quotes

1.Quote:

“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought

upon this continent a new nation.”(1) – Abraham Lincoln

This quote is the first line of the Gettysburg

Address

(7)

Meaning:

Eighty-seven years ago patriots came to what is now America to be free

and build a new life.

Significance:

The significance of this quote is that not only did these

patriots leave their country to be free and build a new country, but they started it

from scratch.

2.Quote:

“We here highly resolve thatthese dead shall not have

died in vain.”(2) -Abraham Lincoln

Meaning:

We can’t let these soldiers that have died, die for nothing; we can’t surrender, we must

keep fighting.

Significance: The significance of this quote is that soldiers died in the war while helping to protect our country. We shouldn’t forget about them and not care about protecting our country.

3.Quote:

“A rich man’s war is a poor man’s fight.”(3)–Sam Watkins

Meaning:

Draft laws state that a rich

man can pay for someone

else to take their place in

the war, but if you are poor

and can’t pay, you must fight in the war.(6)

Significance:

The significance of this quote is that it is not fair that wealthy

people don’t have to fight and the poor do.

4.Quote:

“Wisdom is nothing more than healed pain.”(4)

-Robert E. Lee

GeneralRobert E. Lee

Meaning:

You gain wisdom by having the experience and sometimes the experience can hurt you, but when you go to do the same thing again you will

know the right choice to make.

Significance:

The significance of this quote is that after the civil war people looked back with more wisdom because of the civil war and had second thoughts if the war was the right way to solve the conflict between the north and the south.

5.Quote:

“It is good that war is so horrible otherwise we

might grow too fond of it.”(5)-Robert E. Lee

Meaning: It is good war is so bad because if it was good we would start to like it.

Significance:

The significance if this quote is that war should be the last option of solving problems because, now matter who wins the war people die on on both sides.

Bibliography1)August 28,2008, www.cwquotes.blogspot.com, March12,2014

2) Quotation by Abraham Lincoln. Dictionary.com. Online. March 15, 2014.

3)August28,2008, www.cwquotes.blogspot.com, March20, 2014

4 )www.greatquotes.com/quotes/author/robert+E/leepg13, March17, 2014

5) www.greatquotes.com/quotes/author/robert+E/leepg13, March17, 2014

6) http://www.ehow.com/list_6368827_u_s_-military-draft-laws.html, March20.2014

7) simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettysburg_Address, March23, 2014