I grew up in a border state. I think immigration is an essential part of American history and American culture. — Meghan McCain Copy Share Image
“the Bush administration’s extralegal counterterrorism program presented the most dramatic, sustained and radical challenge to the rule of law in American history.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Here in Britain, we can get a little bit snobby about American history. Yes, their history is not quite as long as… — Michael Portillo Copy Share Image
The whole westward expansion myth is seen as romantic. But it's a joke, a blot on American history. — Frank Waters Copy Share Image
I think that America is a nation of faith. I do believe that. Certainly by way of heritage - there's a powerful… — John Edwards Copy Share Image
We are now in the Me Decade - seeing the upward roll of the third great religious wave in American history. — Tom Wolfe Copy Share Image
Bill Clinton presided over the largest increase in federal and state prison inmates of any president in American history. — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
If we hit the debt ceiling, that's... essentially defaulting on our obligations, which is totally unprecedented in American history. The impact on… — Austan Goolsbee Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Through educational programming, Jewish American History Month will help raise the awareness of a people, their history and contributions. It will help… — Jan Schakowsky Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“Wilmington, Del. (AP) June 14, 1966—A fire that destroyed the city’s oldest Negro church has led to the discovery of a wild… — James McBride Copy Share Image
For the first time in American history, it's not clear whether or not it's smart for a 17-year-old to enroll in college.… — Brian Schatz Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
Richard Nixon had a kind of Walter Mitty fantasy life. He was a man with a grandiose thoughts: dreams of not simply… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
The real invasion of South Vietnam which was directed largely against the rural society began directly in 1962 after many years of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“Nay, so great was our famine that a Salvage we slew and buried, the poorer sort took him up again and eat… — John Smith Copy Share Image
“Today, names of screenwriters like Zoe Akins, Jeanie Macpherson, Beulah Marie Dix, Lenore Coffee, Anita Loos, June Mathis, Bess Meredyth, Jane Murfin,… — Cari Beauchamp Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“Moved by the need for control, for an unchallenged top tier, the power elite in American history has thrived by placating the… — Nancy Isenberg Copy Share Image
The US stole Texas from Mexico by violence, then invaded Mexico on ludicrous pretexts and conquered half of it, what is now… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
We must resolutely oppose any executive orders that threaten the integrity of our educational institutions and difficult truths about American history. — Al N. Green Copy Share Image
“In the 1940s dams were synonymous with progress, and the rivers were to be conquered with the fervour of a pioneer wielding… — Tim Palmer Copy Share Image
“How a member of the church—one who had read the Good Lord’s bible—could sit so calmly and watch a man be led… — Jay Grewal Copy Share Image
The countless number of influential figures in American history who are of Caribbean heritage indicates the need to set aside a designated… — Eliot Engel Copy Share Image
I sang 'American Pie' a lot in my stage set. It had a knack of uniting an audience in a sing-along. It's… — Johnny Vegas Copy Share Image
For a long time in American history, people didn't even come up before the Senate. They didn't come before the Judiciary Committee,… — Fred Thompson Copy Share Image
[Donald Trump] ran an extraordinarily unconventional campaign and it resulted in the biggest political upset in perhaps modern political history. American history. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Any reasonable person looking at the policy results... the substance... the facts would agree that the Trump presidency is one of the… — Steve Hilton Copy Share Image
First of all, there's no mention of political parties in the Constitution, so you begin American history with not only no political… — Michael Beschloss Copy Share Image
If you're going to call a book 'The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History,' readers will expect some serious carrying on about… — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
What I'm interested in is modern American history. I'm taken with the changes that have occurred in America in my lifetime. — Sam Abell Copy Share Image
When you have the worst disaster in American history, you've got to be attuned to expectations,. — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
Bill and Hillary Clinton are the most investigated couple in American history - now the most thoroughly exonerated couple in American history. — Paul Begala Copy Share Image
May 4th is a particularly memorable day in American history because 84 years to the day before May 4, 1970, there was… — William Kunstler Copy Share Image
The Grutter and Gratz decisions, taken together, represent a sad and tragic chapter in American history. — Ward Connerly Copy Share Image
“Once people said: Give me liberty or give me death. Now they say: Make me a slave, just pay me enough.” — Todd Garlington Copy Share Image