“On the second floor was the office in which Houston pounded an ancient typewriter with two fingers, always setting an example of… — Carl T. Rowan Copy Share Image
I don't think there's been a time in American history with more innocent people in prison. — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
“In New York the curriculum guide for 11th-grade American history tells students that there were three "foundations" for the Constitution: the European… — Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr Copy Share Image
It's clearly the case that there's not some moment in American history when every evangelical is holding hands with every Catholic who… — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
[Louis] Brandeis, like [Tomas] Jefferson, is an equal opportunity critic of bigness. And he, like Jefferson, sees American history as this incredible… — Jeffrey Rosen Copy Share Image
“Historians usually focus their attention on the past of countries that still exist, writing hundreds and thousands of books on British history,… — Norman Davies Copy Share Image
Senator John McCain is unlike anybody else in not - not just in the Senate but in American politics. He`s unlike anybody… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
There have been times throughout American history where what is right is not the same as what is legal. Sometimes to do… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Unlike any other leader in modern American history, we are led today by a president that has decided to pit Americans against… — Marco Rubio 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
“Catholic missionaries labored earnestly to convert indians. They fervently believed that God expected them to save the Indians' souls by convincing them… — James L. Roark Copy Share Image
“Awad Ibrahim, Sudanese professor of education at the University of Ottawa, described the process [of becoming Black in America] in these terms:… — H. Samy Alim Copy Share Image
I'm sure that a previous generation of Jews who published radical newspapers and journals would be critical of [David] Simon's projects. These… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
You want to be a country that creates food stamps? In which case, frankly, Obama is an enormous success the most successful… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
When a government forcibly holds enough people indefinitely without trial, it evokes the kinds of raids, detention, and abuses of power associated… — Ari Melber 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 John Locke Foundation also sponsored the North Carolina History Project, which aimed to reorient the state’s teaching of its history by… — Jane Mayer 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
“For this equality belongs to the post-Renaissance world of ideology-of political magic and the alchemical science” of politics. Envy is the basis… — M.E. Bradford Copy Share Image
Those that clamor loudest for Columbus to be erased from the pages of American history do so far more because of their… — Tom Tancredo 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
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
“It is of the nature of war to increase the executive at the expense of legislative authority," the Federalist tell us. And… — Gene Healy Copy Share Image
The Declaration of Independence is a sacred part of American history. — Paul Gillmor Copy Share Image
We sacrificed as Americans for what we believed was right. Today it behooves us to make it right. We helped each other… — Samm Tittle Copy Share Image