Civil war

This article is about the political class of conflict, for the 2024 film, see Civil War A civil war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies. The term is a calque of Latin bellum civile which was used to refer to the various civil wars of the Roman Republic in the 1st century BC. Quotes Amongst all other vices there is none I hate more than cruelty, both by nature and judgement, as the extremest of all vices. ... I live in an age wherein we abound with incredible examples of this vice, through the licentiousness of our civil and intestine wars; And read all ancient Stories, be they never so tragical, you shall find none to equal those, we daily see practised. Montaigne, Essayes (tr. John Florio) RICHMOND:England hath long been mad, and scarr'd herself;The brother blindly shed the brother's blood,The father rashly slaughter'd his own son,The son, compell'd, been butcher to the sire:All this divided York and Lancaster, Shakespeare, Richard III, V, 5 The Civil Wars, the common purgative,Which always use to make the nation thrive, Daniel Defoe, The True-born Englishman (1701) I can assure you that no kingdom has ever had as many civil wars as the kingdom of Christ. Montesquieu, Persian Letters (tr. C. J. Betts) External links Category:Civil wars