You have to recognize the realities of the situation and try to create new alliances or scale down the ambitions. I think we see that happening a little bit with the Bush administration. James McPherson
Motivational, Inspirational, Funny Quotes
![Interest in the Civil War is at an all-time high. The government starves the Park Service for resources, but [Gettysburg National Military Park] is the best place to go to learn about the Civil War. - James McPherson Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=SW50ZXJlc3QgaW4gdGhlIENpdmlsIFdhciBpcyBhdCBhbiBhbGwtdGltZSBoaWdoLiBUaGUgZ292ZXJubWVudCBzdGFydmVzIHRoZSBQYXJrIFNlcnZpY2UgZm9yIHJlc291cmNlcywgYnV0IFtHZXR0eXNidXJnIE5hdGlvbmFsIE1pbGl0YXJ5IFBhcmtdIGlzIHRoZSBiZXN0IHBsYWNlIHRvIGdvIHRvIGxlYXJuIGFib3V0IHRoZSBDaXZpbCBXYXIuIA==&author=ICBKYW1lcyBNY1BoZXJzb24gICAg&num=6 "Interest in the Civil War is at an all-time high. The government starves the Park Service for resources, but [Gettysburg National Military Park] is the best place to go to learn about the Civil War. - James McPherson Quotes")
![The polarization and animosity were far deeper on the eve of the Civil War than it's ever been. The 'red state-blue state' divisions of today [referring to the 2000 presidential election where maps denoted in blue states that backed Democrat Al Gore and in red for Republican George W. Bush] or the cultural wars over abortion, gay rights or other issues are far more superficial than the events of the 1850s. - James McPherson Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=VGhlIHBvbGFyaXphdGlvbiBhbmQgYW5pbW9zaXR5IHdlcmUgZmFyIGRlZXBlciBvbiB0aGUgZXZlIG9mIHRoZSBDaXZpbCBXYXIgdGhhbiBpdCdzIGV2ZXIgYmVlbi4gVGhlICdyZWQgc3RhdGUtYmx1ZSBzdGF0ZScgZGl2aXNpb25zIG9mIHRvZGF5IFtyZWZlcnJpbmcgdG8gdGhlIDIwMDAgcHJlc2lkZW50aWFsIGVsZWN0aW9uIHdoZXJlIG1hcHMgZGVub3RlZCBpbiBibHVlIHN0YXRlcyB0aGF0IGJhY2tlZCBEZW1vY3JhdCBBbCBHb3JlIGFuZCBpbiByZWQgZm9yIFJlcHVibGljYW4gR2VvcmdlIFcuIEJ1c2hdIG9yIHRoZSBjdWx0dXJhbCB3YXJzIG92ZXIgYWJvcnRpb24sIGdheSByaWdodHMgb3Igb3RoZXIgaXNzdWVzIGFyZSBmYXIgbW9yZSBzdXBlcmZpY2lhbCB0aGFuIHRoZSBldmVudHMgb2YgdGhlIDE4NTBzLiA=&author=ICBKYW1lcyBNY1BoZXJzb24gICAg&num=4 "The polarization and animosity were far deeper on the eve of the Civil War than it's ever been. The 'red state-blue state' divisions of today [referring to the 2000 presidential election where maps denoted in blue states that backed Democrat Al Gore and in red for Republican George W. Bush] or the cultural wars over abortion, gay rights or other issues are far more superficial than the events of the 1850s. - James McPherson Quotes")
