American history Quotes

I have sworn upon the altar of god.

— Thomas Jefferson

Black history is American history.

— Morgan Freeman

American history is not clean.

— Ben Fountain

I like American history.

— Kevin Costner

“Fall of America is a blessing for humankind.”

— Abhijit Naskar

Of the people, by the people, for the people,

— Sun Yat-sen

the better angels of our nature

— Abraham Lincoln

I grew up reading American history.

— Jake Auchincloss

Barack Obama is the most antibusiness president in a generation, perhaps in American history.

— Dinesh D'Souza

It's not painful to relive it. I'm comfortable with my position in American history.

— Rodney King

“Never has a book been more relevant to current American history.”

— Erika Celeste

Cherishing Columbus is a characteristic of white history, not American history.

— James W. Loewen

I do think Donald Trump would be a catastrophic turn in American history.

— George Packer

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself-and possibly teh bogey man.

— Pat Paulsen

“An institution rooted in slavery cannot be the voice of our people.”

— DaShanne Stokes

“dark say: berthenia belle never forget the tongue hid name”

— Cathleen Margaret

On 9/11, 2001, the Navy stood at 316 ships. By 2008, after one of the great military buildups in American history, we…

— Ray Mabus

“But the truth is that what so often passes for American history is really a record of white priorities or conquests set…

— Michael Eric Dyson

I knew nothing of American History because I didn't pay attention to American History in school. Because I did not see myself…

— Okieriete Onaodowan

Once I thought to write a history of the immigrants in America. Then I discovered that the immigrants were American history.

— Oscar Handlin

President Obama is the most successful food stamp president in American history. I would like to be the most successful paycheck president…

— Newt Gingrich

It is imperative that young white men and women study the black American history. It is imperative that blacks and whites study…

— Maya Angelou

In 'Pox: An American History,' Michael Willrich meticulously traces the story of how the smallpox vaccine was pressed into service during a…

— Scott Gottlieb

The wort terrorist attack in American history also brought out the best in our country...We are United as Americans.

— Barack Obama

“(Running out of Night) ...is a story that respects this pivotal era of American history, a story that reveals the pain, the…

— Sharon Lovejoy

Donald Verrilli has argued 37 cases in five years on behalf of the [Barak] Obama administration. Many of them turned out to…

— Dahlia Lithwick

“The story quilt in the novel was inspired by the magnificent quilts of Harriet Powers, an enslaved woman from Georgia who used…

— Sue Monk Kidd

I came in the gate as an African-American poor kid wanting to be a neurosurgeon but - with American life and the…

— Lil B

I'm the treasurer of the state of Ohio, where, when the United States credit rating was downgraded for the first time in…

— Josh Mandel

We now enter a new age of American history, and the question to be answered is this: Will we restore the republic…

— Augustus Sol Invictus

Black history isn't a separate history. This is all of our history, this is American history, and we need to understand that.…

— Karyn Parsons

“On February 23, 1945, one of the most famous photographs in American history was taken atop Mount Suribachi, as five American soldiers…

— Charles River Editors

The real invasion of South Vietnam which was directed largely against the rural society began directly in 1962 after many years of…

— Noam Chomsky

The war against Iraq is as disastrous as it is unnecessary; perhaps in terms of its wisdom, purpose and motives, the worst…

— William Sloane Coffin

“Born on January 17, 1706, he inhabited this planet until April 17, 1790. His talents were many and he was known to…

— Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One

“This dark-brown viscous liquid, a by-product in the processing of sugar cane, played a major role in some of the biggest events…

— Stephen Puleo

“Nay, so great was our famine that a Salvage we slew and buried, the poorer sort took him up again and eat…

— John Smith

“Today, names of screenwriters like Zoe Akins, Jeanie Macpherson, Beulah Marie Dix, Lenore Coffee, Anita Loos, June Mathis, Bess Meredyth, Jane Murfin,…

— Cari Beauchamp

“All humans have their own morality, which is fluid between people, and, on a societal level, across space and time. That’s why…

— David Silverman

“Moved by the need for control, for an unchallenged top tier, the power elite in American history has thrived by placating the…

— Nancy Isenberg