“An institution rooted in slavery cannot be the voice of our people.” — DaShanne Stokes Copy Share Image
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself-and possibly teh bogey man. — Pat Paulsen Copy Share Image
Barack Obama is the most antibusiness president in a generation, perhaps in American history. — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
It's not painful to relive it. I'm comfortable with my position in American history. — Rodney King Copy Share Image
Cherishing Columbus is a characteristic of white history, not American history. — James W. Loewen Copy Share Image
I have scary eyes. I look like the guy in 'American History X,' yes. I remember coming home from school and asking… — Tim Ferriss Copy Share Image
Republicans stalled Merrick Garland's nomination to the Supreme Court because they could, and 136 years of American history recommended it as politically advantageous. — Michael J. Knowles Copy Share Image
By looking into more details of American history, we can make more sense of what's happening today. — Christoph Waltz Copy Share Image
Throughout American history our presidents have invoked our nation's founding fathers. This is particularly true of recent presidents. — Paul Kengor Copy Share Image
Tiger Woods experienced perhaps the greatest fall from grace of any celebrity in American history. — Charlie Kirk Copy Share Image
The force that has come closest across American history to actually ending America was white supremacy. That was the Civil War. — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention… — Harold Washington Copy Share Image
[Ronald Reagan] called the image of [George] Washington praying on his knees in Valley Forge "the most sublime image in American history." — Paul Kengor Copy Share Image
Millennials are on track to be the first generation in American history worse off than their parents, I know I speak for… — Jake Auchincloss Copy Share Image
Like the attack on Pearl Harbor, another hinge event in American history, 9/11 was a great tactical victory for America's enemies. But… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
Politics is not something most people have to do every day. Their daily lives are much more influenced by job opportunities, whether… — H. W. Brands Copy Share Image
Memorial Day is rooted deep in American history and has spanned all of America's major wars since the Civil War. Originally called… — Michael Waltz Copy Share Image
My producers and I worked with these consultants and came up with seventy [stories] which we think are exemplary of the larger… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
There was no intellectual movement in American history called social Darwinism. The people who were supposedly the leaders of the social Darwinist… — Jonah Goldberg Copy Share Image
The 2003 invasion of Iraq by U.S. and coalition partners stands as one of the greatest blunders in American history. The Islamic… — Lawrence Wright Copy Share Image
I mean you look back at American history and American culture, it's pretty striking. I mean this has been the safest country… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“The point of a lot of advertising, as Mr. Wallace explained to us last year in American History & Politics, is to… — E.Lockhart Copy Share Image
There was no news in the Dan Rather piece. They didn't say [to Bush]: "We found a piece of paper that was… — Roger Ailes Copy Share Image
Secularists are wrong when they ask believers to leave their religion at the door before entering into the public square. Frederick Douglass,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“ I was on one of my world 'walkabouts.' It had taken me once more through Hong Kong, to Japan, Australia, and… — Timothy James Dean Copy Share Image
“The irony of Barack Obama is this: He has become the most successful black politician in American history by avoiding the radioactive… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
“It was on July 2, 1776 that the Second Continental Congress voted for the legal separation of the Thirteen Colonies from Great… — Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One Copy Share Image
“There was something else amusing about the house: the irony that the most important battle of the American Revolution--the shoot-out at the… — Josh Barkan Copy Share Image
“During the “Bay of Pigs Invasion” One Douglas “B-26” airplane with counterfeit Cuban markings was fired on and crashed into the sea… — Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba Copy Share Image
There's so much in American history that has been hidden and shunned. — Ashton Sanders Copy Share Image
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 brought an end to the ugly Jim Crow period in American history. — Lisa Murkowski Copy Share Image
To an American, land is solidity, goodness, and hope. American history is about land. — William Least Heat-Moon Copy Share Image
I can't understand why I flunked American history. When I was a kid there was so little of it. — George Burns Copy Share Image
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![“There was no news in the Dan Rather piece. They didn't say [to Bush]: "We found a piece of paper that was overlooked in the 300,000 pieces of paper that were covered in the Iran-Contra hearings, and we have a piece of news we'd like to ask you about." CBS decided to create a media event and cover…” quote by Roger Ailes](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/110/roger-ailes-2123_american-history_there-was-no-news-in-the-dan-rather-piec_879861.jpg)
![“I was on one of my world 'walkabouts.' It had taken me once more through Hong Kong, to Japan, Australia, and then Papua New Guinea in the South Pacific [one of the places I grew up]. There I found the picture of 'the Father.' It was a real, gigantic Saltwater Crocodile (whose picture is now…” quote by Timothy James Dean](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/977/timothy-james-dean-283399_action_i-was-on-one-of-my-world-walkabouts-it-h_2410491.jpg)
