“Each of us lives with a sword over his head. There are those who can ignore its shadow and those who cannot.… — Murray Kempton Copy Share Image
“I spent the day gathering flowers and weaving them into festoons, while the dead body of my father was lying within a… — Harriet A. Jacobs Copy Share Image
He presented himself as the friend to Main Street America, and yet that aw-shucks persona ended up packaging policies and programs that… — Eugene Jarecki Copy Share Image
There can be no argument about the Lone Star State's significant contributions to American history, and we must remember the actions and… — Michael McCaul Copy Share Image
The Enron scandal is worthy of the highest level of scrutiny, both because of the enormity of the crimes that may have… — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
It's a deal that will lead to a nuclear Iran, an Israel that will be less safe and secure, and a much… — Chris Christie Copy Share Image
RuPaul might not broadcast herself as political, but I think she tries to make moves in American history by catching more flies… — Trixie Mattel Copy Share Image
“Their story, as the Delany sisters like to say, is not meant as "black" or "women's" history, but American history. It belongs… — Amy Hill Hearth Copy Share Image
“Two centuries ago, the United States settled into a permanent political order, after fourteen years of violence and heated debate. Two centuries… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
“Butch Cassidy and Harry A. Longabaugh, “the Sundance kid,” were holed up and then gunned down Sixty years prior to the death… — Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba Copy Share Image
What we need to do is to have a sensible approach to immigration. It needs to be open. It needs to be… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
“Every major war in American history, except the Mexican and Spanish-American, has either led to central banking or resulted from it. Central… — Mark David Ledbetter Copy Share Image
“At the top of the Palisades in Weehawken, New Jersey is a small park known as the Dueling Grounds. This Revolutionary War… — Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One Copy Share Image
“During the 1992 election I concluded as early as my first visit to New Hampshire that Bill Clinton was hateful in his… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Grant deserves an honored place in American history, second only to Lincoln for what he did for the freed slaves. He got… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
For those of us who got into good colleges or the professions, did we stand up to that high school history teacher… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If we don't empower families to be able to have a quality education, then their children - for the first time in… — Jeb Bush Copy Share Image
In time, foods such as hamburgers and ice cream became more than just meals. They became part of American history and culture,… — Homaro Cantu Copy Share Image
“We ...recognize the forces which have been trying to falsify American history—the forces which drive away many Americans to a corner of… — Carlos Bulosan Copy Share Image
My interest in writing about American history stemmed originally, I think, from a subconscious desire to find roots - I felt like… — Jean Fritz Copy Share Image
It's disappointing that President Obama - who ran for office in 2008 saying he was going to be a fiscally responsible president… — Raul Labrador Copy Share Image
“When the mother was delivered into the trader's hands, she said, "You promised to treat me well." To which he replied, "You… — Harriet A. Jacobs Copy Share Image
I used to teach. I quote American history and I love words. I've read the dictionary I don't know how many times… — Jackee Harry Copy Share Image
Multiculturalism is a campaign to lower America's moral status by defining the American experience is terms of myriad repressionsand their victims. By… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I know something about the civilization of China, with my background, obviously, and I think I know something about American history. But… — I. M. Pei Copy Share Image
“I dispute the point that nuclear energy is 'clean' and 'cost-effective'. As I recall, when we first harnessed nuclear power it was… — E.A. Bucchianeri Copy Share Image
My favorite forgotten President in American history is James Buchanan, who in defending really robust and sharp-elbowed debates said, "I like the… — Jeff Sharlet Copy Share Image
As a person of color, as a woman, as a body moving through this particular space in time, I realize the streets… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
Throughout American history, the political leaders have always exhorted the American people to be nice and quiet and leave things to them.… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
For most of American history, of course, the important religious divides were between denominations - not just between Protestants and Catholics and… — Hanna Rosin Copy Share Image
It was OK for the media to pursue Former President Clinton year after year for lying about a private, consensual sexual affair,… — Vincent Bugliosi Copy Share Image
I populated 'The Bourne Identity' with real characters from American history, specifically characters from the Iran-Contra affair, which my father ran the… — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
Daddy loved our country, he loved our history. He was always talking about American history and telling us stories from American history,… — Kerry Kennedy Copy Share Image
The important thing to understand about American history, wrote Mr. Ibis, in his leather-bound journal, is that it is fictional, a charcoal-sketched… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
There is one unmistakable lesson in American history: A community that allows a large number of young men to grow up in… — Daniel Patrick Moynihan Copy Share Image
“So Dad has joined the others up there. I feel that they do watch and guide, and I also feel that they… — Alex Haley Copy Share Image
I think that one of the ways that Americans will come to want to look at history is by looking at their… — Adele Logan Alexander Copy Share Image
And the other issue is Gore, $4.6 trillion - the single largest expansion of government in American history, from universal preschool, now,… — Sean Hannity Copy Share Image
In an instant, the law was transformed: from the last passenger on the safe-haven bandwagon to a pioneer into uncharted territory. For… — Wil S. Hylton Copy Share Image
“In Chicago and across the country, whites looking to achieve the American dream could rely on a legitimate credit system backed by… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
