Many of the ugly pages of American history have been obscured and forgotten — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The frontier has gone, and with its going has closed the first period of American history. — Frederick Jackson Turner Copy Share Image
There is, of course, no larger mass hysteria in American history than the epidemic of racism. — Kevin Young Copy Share Image
I'm a history buff, so I've been reading lots of books on Irish and American history. — Sheamus Copy Share Image
“Something terrible happened in Salem in 1692 . . . but it isn't what you think!” — Suzy Witten Copy Share Image
Voting against the resolution authorizing the use of military force in Iraq was one of my proudest moments as a senator. It… — Barbara Boxer Copy Share Image
The largest tax reduction in American history, one page tax form, reducing government spending. Those are all the keys to economic progress. — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
When my French side thinks of 'bohemian,' it imagines Montparnasse authors and absinthe - that kind of aesthetic. The American definition might… — Camille Rowe Copy Share Image
Precisely that, covering 500 years of African-American history in six hours. I've been working on this for seven years. The biggest challenge… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
There have been many amazing Presidents in American history, including George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Dwight Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan, all of whom… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Once you choose to run for president of the United States and succeed, your earlier life, your biography, is a major part… — David Garrow Copy Share Image
“The whole scene made Dan think of American history tests, which were almost as scary as exploding museums.” — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“But now, the new president-elect—after the most astonishing upset in American history—was on tenterhooks waiting for Murdoch.” — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
In the first weeks after Hiroshima, extravagant statements by President Truman and other official spokesmen for the U.S. government transformed the inception… — Stewart Udall Copy Share Image
“But if insecurity was the primal source of Hamilton's incredibly energy, one would have to conclude that providence had conspired to produce… — Joseph J. Ellis Copy Share Image
I don't care if you're a Democrat or a Republican or a conservative, the election of Trump is a national tragedy for… — Sam Esmail Copy Share Image
“But when they brought Sabira out, the crowd parted almost magically. A sea of hands rose faster than a swell and a… — Jay Grewal Copy Share Image
Up to our own day American history has been in a large degree the history of the colonization of the Great West.… — Frederick Jackson Turner Copy Share Image
There is no American history. There is no French history. There is no John Wideman. There are all these dreams that are… — John Edgar Wideman Copy Share Image
If Mitt Romney defeats President Obama in his bid for reelection on Tuesday, it will mark the success of one of the… — Juan Williams 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
“While under the Spanish flag, the Crown rigorously controlled the number of slaves allowed into Cuba and charged the settlers a 20%… — Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba Copy Share Image
“The House adjourned without voting on the bill, but the following year a similar bill—mandating equality in hotels and restaurants open to… — H.W. Brands Copy Share Image
“Today's youth cannot escape the shadow of racism that has been passed down organically from parents and others who cling to a… — Thomas Norman DeWolf Copy Share Image
“Although, approximately 2,800 of the Kennedy assassination documents have been released, only 52 files have not been previously seen. It comes as… — Captain Hank Bracker, "The Exciting Story of Cuba Copy Share Image
“p. 274 ...his trademark decision to surrender power as commander in chief and then president, was not...a sign that he had conquered… — Joseph J. Ellis Copy Share Image
“Nor could I fail to recall my friendship with Howard K. Beale, professor of American History at the University of North Carolina.… — John Hope Franklin Copy Share Image
“I know he’s had his problems in the past… “He can’t keep his hands off a liquor bottle at the best of… — Diana Palmer Copy Share Image
“The historical periods I like to learn about aren’t so much costume dramas as slasher flicks. The French Revolution is a favorite… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
American history is a quagmire, and the more one knows, the quaggier the mire gets. — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history. — Morgan Freeman Copy Share Image
Politicians against gay marriage now, are the future villains of our American History books. — Natalie Maines 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
Iraq is going to go down as one of the greatest blunders in American history. — Scott Anderson Copy Share Image
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