Barack Obama is one of the greatest politicians in American history. — John Podhoretz Copy Share Image
Hurricane Katrina is without question the worst natural disaster in American history,. — Douglas Brinkley Copy Share Image
Jimmy Carter will go down in American history as 'the president who lost Iran,' — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Hate is baggage. Life's too short to be pissed off all the time. It's just not worth it. — Edward Furlong Copy Share Image
Black history is American history. You cannot tell one story without telling the other. — William Barr Copy Share Image
Schools don't teach American history that well, especially a lot of black American history. — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
“In the 1920s, Jim Crow Mississippi was, in all facets of society, a kleptocracy.” — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
The problem that we have is that most Americans don't even study American history, let alone Pinochet, Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin and all… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
Once I thought to write a history of the immigrants in America. Then I discovered that the immigrants were American history. — Oscar Handlin Copy Share Image
President Obama is the most successful food stamp president in American history. I would like to be the most successful paycheck president… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
It is imperative that young white men and women study the black American history. It is imperative that blacks and whites study… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
In 'Pox: An American History,' Michael Willrich meticulously traces the story of how the smallpox vaccine was pressed into service during a… — Scott Gottlieb Copy Share Image
“The monster in American history is not simply that which destroys. It is a being that must be destroyed. ...There can be… — W. Scott Poole Copy Share Image
As we look back over the sweep of American history, it has been the American Presidency that has best fulfilled the vision… — William Barr Copy Share Image
The essential relationship across American history between black people and white people is one of exploitation and one of plunder. This is… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
The Founders surely never imagined that a three-fifths majority would be the standard requirement for passing legislation in the upper chamber, and… — Steve Kornacki Copy Share Image
I came in the gate as an African-American poor kid wanting to be a neurosurgeon but - with American life and the… — Lil B Copy Share Image
“(Running out of Night) ...is a story that respects this pivotal era of American history, a story that reveals the pain, the… — Sharon Lovejoy Copy Share Image
Donald Verrilli has argued 37 cases in five years on behalf of the [Barak] Obama administration. Many of them turned out to… — Dahlia Lithwick Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“Besides the moral courage required to accept commissions in the Fifty-fourth at the time it was organizing, physical courage was also necessary,… — Luis Fenollosa Emilio Copy Share Image
“Still, it strikes me that, taken together, they do make an argument, and it is this: the rise of American democracy is… — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
“Martin Luther King Jr. was the greatest movement leader in American history. But, as Hillary Clinton once correctly pointed out, his efforts… — Mark Lilla Copy Share Image
“One of Castro’s first acts as Cuba’s Prime Minister was to go on a diplomatic tour that started on April 15, 1959.… — Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba Copy Share Image
“Some other facts I picked up: Welsh is an actual, currently used language and our next-door neighbours Angela and Gaenor spoke it.… — Maureen Johnson Copy Share Image
“Thus, the day ended in a tactical stalemate, with the Union suffering nearly 12,500 casualties (including over 2,000 dead) and the Confederates… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
There has been a change in consciousness that makes this one of the most interesting periods of American history, maybe the most… — Gar Alperovitz Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
I think so. 9/11 has been a turning point in American history, there's no doubt about that. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Trump is an icon. He is a part of American history. He is every bit the icon as anyone I paint. — Michael Israel Copy Share Image
There are few instances when American history offers us two clear sides of a moral line. — Joy Reid Copy Share Image
“Between 1882 and 1968, more black people were lynched in MIssissippi than in any other state.” — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
“Schools and teacher forbid the students to tell a lie, but they teach them lies.” — Beta Metani' Marashi Copy Share Image
The wort terrorist attack in American history also brought out the best in our country...We are United as Americans. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image