“Crown Prince Rupprecht, the heir to the throne of Bavaria who commanded the army group facing the British at the Somme, was the senior direct lineal heir of James Stuart, the Old Pretender of 1715. Had there been any Jacobites left in Britain in 1916, they would have had to regard this south German prince as their rightful king.” LeftHistoryGroupsHumourKingsDirectArmyRegardSouthBritishBritainCrownsThronesSeniorHeirsPretender Author:David Frum
“History in the making is a very uncertain thing. It might be better to wait till the South American republic has got through withits twenty-fifth revolution before reading much about it. When it is over, some one whose business it is, will be sure to give you in a digested form all that it concerns you to know, and save you trouble, confusion, and time. If you will follow this plan, you will be surprised to find how new and fresh your interest in what you read will become.” IfsKnowsGivingMightFormReadingWaitingInterestHistoryPlansTroubleRevolutionNewsConcernTwentiesSouthConfusionRepublicUncertainFifth Author:Anna Brackett
“We have our own history, our own language, our own culture. But our destiny is also tied up with the destinies of other people - history has made us all South Africans.” PeopleMadeCultureLanguageDestinyHistoryFateSouthTiedOur DestinyTied Up Author:Mangosuthu Buthelezi
“Criticism should not be querulous and wasting, all knife and root-puller, but guiding, instructive, inspiring, a south wind, not an east wind.” ShouldHistoryWindRootsCriticismSouthEastKnives Book:Emerson: A Modern Anthology Source: Emerson: A Modern Anthology
“Mr. Blair, I look upon secession as anarchy. If I owned the four millions of slaves in the South, I would sacrifice them all to the Union; but how can I draw my sword upon Virginia, my native State?” MenWarHappensYoungWishWaitingHistoryTerribleSlaveSouthYoung ManCivil WarAmerican Civil War Author:Robert E. Lee
“People want to know why the South is so interested in the Civil War. I had maybe, it's a rough guess, about fifty fistfights in my life. Out of those fifty fistfights, the ones that I had the most vivid memory of were the ones I lost. I think that's one reason why the South remembers the war more than the North does.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantDoeWarReasonRememberFightingWinningLostInterestMemoriesLossHistorySouthReason WhyCivil WarFiftyRoughFistsVividVivid Memories Author:Shelby Foote
“America has no north, no south, no east, no west. The sun rises over the hills and sets over the mountains, the compass just points up and down, and we can laugh now at the absurd notion of there being a north and a south. We are one and undivided.” WarAmericaHistoryLaughingSunMountainDown AndWestSouthNotionEastAbsurdHillsCivil WarCompassUp And DownAmerican Civil WarSun RiseOver The HillUs Civil War Author:Sam Watkins