To judge by what my children are learning in school, you'd think American history was 75 percent slavery and 25 percent everything… — Mona Charen Copy Share Image
In a one-hour documentary, you can tell maybe ten stories. That's how the documentary is structured. I wrote to forty of the… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
“nobody was ever convicted for the “Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre,” the most famous gangland hit in American history. That said, Capone’s involvement… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
“I got an A on the third quiz in American history, an A, dammit. Last time I got a B up from… — Thalia Chaltas Copy Share Image
The trial of Enron chiefs Jeffrey Skilling and Ken Lay began four-and-a-half years after perpetrating -- allegedly -- the fraud that led… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
I think here is the irony of American history. We don't have an established church. When you have an established church nobody… — Eric Foner Copy Share Image
The '60s is such an explosive period. It was very interesting for me because I grew up in Canada, and obviously, I… — Stephanie Savage Copy Share Image
White America has seen to it that Black history has been suppressed in schools and in American history books. The bravery of… — Huey Newton Copy Share Image
“[P]ressed too far, the cult of ethnicity has had bad consequences too. The new ethnic gospel rejects the unifying vision of individuals… — Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr Copy Share Image
For those of us who got into good colleges or the professions, did we stand up to that high school history teacher… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Grant deserves an honored place in American history, second only to Lincoln for what he did for the freed slaves. He got… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
“During the 1992 election I concluded as early as my first visit to New Hampshire that Bill Clinton was hateful in his… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“At the top of the Palisades in Weehawken, New Jersey is a small park known as the Dueling Grounds. This Revolutionary War… — Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One Copy Share Image
“Every major war in American history, except the Mexican and Spanish-American, has either led to central banking or resulted from it. Central… — Mark David Ledbetter Copy Share Image
What we need to do is to have a sensible approach to immigration. It needs to be open. It needs to be… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
“Regional tensions and differences, especially North versus South, remained profound. So did ethnic feelings. Laws from the 1920s had drastically reduced legal… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
We tend in this country to talk about Democrats and Republicans, and think there's little group over there called Independents that's maybe… — Adam Davidson Copy Share Image
“I'm a conservative but not because I care very much about the marginal tax rates of the richest Americans, rather I'm a… — Ben Sasse Copy Share Image
For all the talk about the bitterness and the partisanship in American politics, is it really that bitter and partisan? Think of… — William Kristol Copy Share Image
Mexico City is the center of art and culture and politics and has been and continues to be for Latin America in… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
We should not blur the lines between legal and illegal immigrants. Millions of people around the world have gone through the process… — Ken Calvert Copy Share Image
“[Clyde Ross] was stationed in California. He found that he could go into stores without being bothered. He could walk the streets… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
“… the South is the land of Washington, who made our Nation – of Jefferson, who shaped its direction – and of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“It is important for upcoming activists to study American history, as well as political and philosophical thought. It is unlikely that what… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
Here was the greatest and most moving chapter in American history, a blending of meanness and greatness, an ending and a beginning.… — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
It's the [George Bush] president's fiscal policies that have driven up the biggest deficits in American history. He's added more debt to… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
The Middle Way included the largest public works project in American history: the Interstate Highway system, which updated American roads for a… — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
I like stories in specific time periods. 'The Revenant's' era of American history was fascinating because it was this lawless no-man's land.… — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
To support its conclusion that 'this is a religious people... this is a Christian nation,' the Court paraded a veritable litany of… — David Barton Copy Share Image
We have a wonderful history behind us. ... If you are unable to demonstrate to the world that you have this record,… — Carter G. Woodson Copy Share Image
There was no United States before slavery. I am sure somebody can make some sort of argument about modern French identity and… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
“We're the first people of the Western Hemisphere. American history doesn't start with Plymouth Rock; it starts with our ancestors. Others might… — Mario T. Garcia Copy Share Image
“The New World's purpose was to be The Old World's Eden - a place of dreams to wipe clean the mistakes and… — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
The rise of the Tea Party, along with the emergence of Christine O'Donnell in Delaware, Sharron Angle in Nevada, Carl Paladino in… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
Teaching ... particularly in the 1990s, teaching what is far and away the dumbest generation in American history, is the same as… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
I have crossed over on the backs of Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Madam C. J. Walker. Because of… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
The most important lesson of American history is the promise of the unexpected. None of our ancestors would have imagined settling way… — Daniel J. Boorstin Copy Share Image
I started these Rush Revere and these children's books, I mean, there was a mission. It was to teach the truth of… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
In my opinion while lynchings were quite possibly the most heinous crimes ever witnessed in American history, they helped in bringing people… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
What the left are trying to do is to persuade millions of Americans that America itself is so unjust and illegitimate from… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
![“[P]ressed too far, the cult of ethnicity has had bad consequences too. The new ethnic gospel rejects the unifying vision of individuals from all nations melted into a new race. Its underlying philosophy is that America is not a nation of individuals at all but a nation of groups, that ethnicity is…” quote by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/bd0/arthur-m-schlesinger-jr-2-2017_american-history_p-ressed-too-far-the-cult-of-ethnicity-h_881791.jpg)
![“For all the talk about the bitterness and the partisanship in American politics, is it really that bitter and partisan? Think of American history. Think of Joseph McCarthy. Think of the New Left. Think of [George] McGovern. Think of [Ronald] Reagan. Think of George Wallace. We've had an awful lot…” quote by William Kristol](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/659/william-kristol-9091_american-history_for-all-the-talk-about-the-bitterness-an_1224660.jpg)
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