American history is not something dead and over. It is always alive,always growing, always unfinished. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Bottom line - American history tells us that where there is a will, there will always be a way to achieve quick… — Lexi Alexander Copy Share Image
You know what? I didn't mess up about Paul Revere. ... [I]n a shout-out, gotcha type of question that was asked of… — Sarah Palin Copy Share Image
We must never forget that Black History is American History. The achievements of African Americans have contributed to our nation's greatness. — Yvette Clarke Copy Share Image
If you are attempting to study American history, and you don't understand the force of white supremacy, you fundamentally misunderstand America. — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
It is not, nor will it ever be, white people's responsibility to teach black children our unique American history. — Jason Whitlock Copy Share Image
The whole westward expansion myth is seen as romantic. But its a joke, a blot on American history. — Frank Waters Copy Share Image
When I first served as Attorney General back in the early 90s, crime was at its highest in American history, with its… — William Barr Copy Share Image
The defining moment in American economic history is when Bill Clinton lobbied to get China into the World Trade Organization. It was… — Peter Navarro Copy Share Image
If, in schools, we keep teaching that history is divided into American history and Chinese history and Russian history and Australian history,… — David Christian Copy Share Image
I've always tried to write California history as American history. The paradox is that New England history is by definition national history,… — Kevin Starr Copy Share Image
All of Western tradition, from the late bloom of the British Empire right through the early doom of Vietnam, dictates that you… — June Jordan Copy Share Image
It is true that as people, we tend to remember only the positive. With time, the grim details fade away, and as… — Colman Domingo Copy Share Image
Among the worst episodes in American history are those moments when the federal government deploys the full weight of its power against… — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share Image
John Kerry's wife Teresa Heinz is on the cover of Newsweek magazine this week and they said that if he is elected… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
“I couldn’t figure out if it was fate or faith that had brought me there. How funny those two words sounded when… — Jay Grewal Copy Share Image
“Thanks in part to the rapid mechanization of cotton production in the early 1940s, which ultimately threw millions of farm laborers out… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
“Klan violence was unquestionably the worst outbreak of domestic terrorism in American history and Grant dealt with it aggressively, using all the… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
Saigon, U.S.A. aptly documents the birth of a new American community, uprooted in the aftermath of war and forever torn apart by… — Nguyen Qui Duc Copy Share Image
“The United States inherited a seemingly inexhaustible fortune in natural resources, yet it has responded to its environment with a dismaying mixture… — Elmo Richardson Copy Share Image
“Castine predates the Plymouth Colony by 7 years and, being one of the oldest settlements in America, has a rich history. Founded… — Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One Copy Share Image
“The white woman across the aisle from me says 'Look, look at all the history, that house on the hill there is… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
We certainly did take the country from the Indians. Right. So, but what's going on here, as I would call it a,… — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
“Having now finished the work assigned me,” Washington solemnly said, “I retire from the great theatre of Action. . . . I… — Joseph J. Ellis Copy Share Image
Ted Kennedy will go down in history as one of the giants of the U.S. Senate and one the most accomplished legislators… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
“For that more ennobling narrative, as for much of American history, the fact of black people is a problem.” — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
The conversation seemed just as boring and forgettable as details of American history around 1805, for example. — Patricia Highsmith Copy Share Image
My challenge was to weave into the fabric of American history enough of the presence of blacks so that the story of… — John Hope Franklin Copy Share Image
From tea parties to the election in Massachusetts, we are witnessing the single greatest political pushback in American history. — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
I feel sometimes an American artist must feel, like a baseball player or something - a member of a team writing American… — Willem de Kooning Copy Share Image
“They weren't protected by our own laws. They were on their own. Doesn't sound terribly American. On the contrary, it's very American,… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
We wonder if we will be the first generation in American history to leave our children with fewer opportunities and a less… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
American history contains much matter for pride and congratulation, and much matter for regret and humiliation. — Herbert Croly Copy Share Image
What's so interesting is taking kind of all these horror tropes and really finding black history and American history to layer on… — Misha Green Copy Share Image
The fault line in American history is now a dividing line in the election and it's changing the conversation. — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
American history and the history of baseball are bound up together: our racial politics can be described and traced through it. — Chad Harbach Copy Share Image
The central fact of North American history is that there were fifteen British Colonies before 1776. Thirteen rebelled and two did not. — June Callwood Copy Share Image
I think one of the most pivotal moments in modern American history was Donald Trump's immediate withdraw from TPP. — Stephen K. Bannon Copy Share Image
If you look throughout American history, it has been protests and mass movements and the people rising up that has moved to… — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
Boycotts have been a critical part of social justice in American history, particularly for African-Americans. — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image