The whole period of the '60s changed a lot of us; there was never a decade like that in American history... to… — Walter Cronkite Copy Share Image
Modern Democrats aren't the first political party to abuse power - far from it. Obama isn'€™t the first president to abuse executive… — David Harsanyi Copy Share Image
“Eighty years ago on July 2, 1937 Amelia Earhart, the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, disappeared while… — Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One 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
Adam Clayton Powell's entire political career has to be looked at in the entire context of the American history and the history… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
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“Everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the power of the World always works in circles, and… — Anonymous 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
“The Women’s March was the biggest single protest in American history. Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in cities like New York,… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
“Chebeague Island is the largest of the islands in Casco Bay, near Portland Maine. Everyone knew everybody else on the island, and… — Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One Copy Share Image
A dangerous thesis has taken hold among many in the GOP: that it might be better to lose the '06 election and… — Larry Sabato Copy Share Image
“There is no small irony here: An administration which flaunted its intellectual superiority and its superior academic credentials made the most critical… — David Halberstam Copy Share Image
“The Great Firewall (The Sonnet) 99% of the world's human rights violations are manufactured by the west, either directly or retrospectively. No… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Obamacare's not imploding. The main goal of Obamacare was two-fold. One was to cover the uninsured, of which we've covered 20 million,… — Jonathan Gruber Copy Share Image
“I have myself known two southern wives who exhorted their husbands to free those slaves towards whom they stood in a "parental… — Harriet A. Jacobs Copy Share Image
Lincoln is such an iconic figure in American history. He seems to reflect so many elements of American culture that we consider… — Eric Foner Copy Share Image
“While slaveowners worked vigorously to allow slaves only so much biblical teaching as to make them good, docile, submissive slaves, even the… — Joel McDurmon Copy Share Image
My own sense as an American is that we have begun to experience the disadvantages of framing virtually all moral issues in… — David Wong Copy Share Image
“In her usual manner, Merkel spoke in German. It is worth pointing out, however, that before the translator had an opportunity to… — Claudia Clark Copy Share Image
The most significant impact is what it does in terms of the integrity of the legislative process and the executive process, as… — Russ Feingold Copy Share Image
“Phoebe Hurty hired me to write copy for ads about teen aged clothes. I had to wear the clothes I praised. That… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
The Reverend Douglas Wilson may not be a professional historian, as his detractors say, but he has a strong grasp of the… — Eugene Genovese Copy Share Image
“Far from being freaks, the Hell's Angels are a logical product of the culture that now claims to be shocked at their… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
“James Madison framed the constitutional order so that power would be in the hands of the Senate, which represents “the wealth of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Jackie added in White's article, read by millions, that the Kennedy administration had been Camelot, "a magic moment in American history, when… — James T. Patterson 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
“After the 11 September attack," March editorializes one morning, "amid all that chaos and confusion, a hole quietly opened up in American… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
“Newt Gingrich is one of the most successful political leaders of our time. Yes, we disagreed with virtually everything he did, but… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“Right now I'm thinking a good deal about emancipation. One of our sins was slavery, another was emancipation. It's a paradox. In… — Shelby Foote 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
“Treason the only crime defined in the Constitution. Tyranny as under the Stuart and Tudor kings characterized by the elimination of political… — E.L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
“On November 27, 1493, when Columbus returned to Navidad, he found that the 39 crew members that he had left behind had… — Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba Copy Share Image
“Born John Paul in Arbigland, Scotland on July 6, 1747, he started his seagoing career as an apprentice aboard the sail ship… — Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One 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
“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
“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
“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
“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