No man-made structure in all of American history has been hated so much, by so many, for so long, with such good… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Today, everybody is more or less conscious of the total failure of the Cuban revolution to produce wealth, to produce a better… — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
I walked out of Spielberg's 'Lincoln' having such a thirst for more. It used such a microscopic albeit enormous event in American… — Jesse Johnson Copy Share Image
The use of torture on suspected terrorists after Sept. 11 has already earned a place in American history's hall of shame, alongside… — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
When I look at American history and I look at what history means to me, I look at it as if it… — Kadir Nelson Copy Share Image
“Their behavior indicated that the stigma of being on welfare, which had been powerful throughout American history—even in the Depression—had lost some… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
History teaches us no race, no people, no nation has ever been freed through cowardice, through cringing, through bowing and scraping, but… — Marcus Garvey Copy Share Image
When President Teddy Roosevelt posed for the cameras astride a massive steam shovel during construction of the Panama Canal in 1906, it… — Alan Huffman Copy Share Image
“The “Sons of the Pioneers” are amongst America’s earliest Country/Western singing groups. One weekend we’d drive south of the border to Tijuana,… — Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One Copy Share Image
It's been written that the most sublime figure in American history was George Washington on his knees in the snow at Valley… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Ronald Reagan, and before him, Richard Nixon, and before Nixon, a slew of conservative politicians going back through American history, have played… — Sasha Abramsky Copy Share Image
“As the bus headed into the night, I noticed that the bench seat in the back of the bus was vacant. So… — Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One Copy Share Image
What happened in the interim is, billions of records have been digitized. Historians and scholars have always used genealogical records to tell… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
“The Republicans, however, refused to let power slip from their hands so easily. The carpetbag governments in Louisiana and South Carolina announced… — Hugh Brogan Copy Share Image
“The infamous Fray Nicolás de Ovando y Cáceres, who had sniveled around the Royal Court wanting to become a favorite of the… — Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba Copy Share Image
“I read about it in Buck Up, Suck Up . . . and Come Back When You Foul Up: 12 Winning Secrets… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“Students of American history may recall that Alexander Hamilton had an affair while in public office, but when he quickly confessed publicly… — Ben Carson Copy Share Image
Every February, we celebrate the heritage and contributions of African Americans in North Carolina and around the country. North Carolina holds an… — Roy Cooper Copy Share Image
I've been writing American history for a long time, and I've had a hard time finding strong, interesting female characters. There are… — H. W. Brands Copy Share Image
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Until Eleanor Roosevelt, there was only one or two First Ladies in all of American history who made an impact, who people… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
Criticism will survive even if no one's paying for it. Obviously it's better if people are paying for it. But the fact… — Ignatiy Vishnevetsky Copy Share Image
Sin in the Second City is a masterful history lesson, a harrowing biography, and - best of all - a superfun read.… — Darin Strauss Copy Share Image
Obama has seen to the passage of the most radical legislation in recent American history and so-called 'progressives' should be thanking him… — John Podhoretz Copy Share Image
John Lane has long been recognized as one of the South's finest poets and memoirists. This debut establishes him as one of… — Ron Rash Copy Share Image
No library of American business achievement is complete without the story of Arthur G. Gaston. . . . Black Titan is a… — Earl G. Graves, Sr Copy Share Image
Up to our own day American history has been in a large degree the history of the colonization of the Great West.… — Frederick Jackson Turner Copy Share Image
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I don't care if you're a Democrat or a Republican or a conservative, the election of Trump is a national tragedy for… — Sam Esmail Copy Share Image
“But if insecurity was the primal source of Hamilton's incredibly energy, one would have to conclude that providence had conspired to produce… — Joseph J. Ellis Copy Share Image
In the first weeks after Hiroshima, extravagant statements by President Truman and other official spokesmen for the U.S. government transformed the inception… — Stewart Udall Copy Share Image
“Over time, it is all too common for people to lose touch with their heritage, as the thrill and immediacy of the… — Eric Jay Dolin Copy Share Image
If I wasn't serving in Congress, I've always wanted to be a high school teacher. Specifically, I want to teach a course… — Brad Schneider Copy Share Image
I learned a lot about American history though jazz, and that's why I loved American history when I was in high school.… — Ron Cephas Jones Copy Share Image
In terms of black music - the only music that we can call our own, that was really born here - I… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
Nixon in 1968, unlike Obama 2008, was elected as a minority president with only 43 percent of the vote. Yet, in 1972,… — John Podhoretz Copy Share Image
When you decide that Black history is not a part of American history or when you decide that any book that talks… — Jasmine Crockett Copy Share Image
Being in Harlem on the night of Barack Obama's election was extraordinary. It was the best street party I have ever gone… — Hari Kunzru Copy Share Image
[Louis] Brandeis, like [Tomas] Jefferson, is an equal opportunity critic of bigness. And he, like Jefferson, sees American history as this incredible… — Jeffrey Rosen Copy Share Image
If Mitt Romney defeats President Obama in his bid for reelection on Tuesday, it will mark the success of one of the… — Juan Williams Copy Share Image
![“[Louis] Brandeis, like [Tomas] Jefferson, is an equal opportunity critic of bigness. And he, like Jefferson, sees American history as this incredible clash between small producers, farmers, and small business people on the one hand, and wicked oligarchs and financiers and monopolists on the other.” quote by Jeffrey Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/a70/jeffrey-rosen-13180_american-history_louis-brandeis-like-tomas-jefferson-is-a_1341726.jpg)
