I do think Donald Trump would be a catastrophic turn in American history. — George Packer Copy Share Image
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself-and possibly teh bogey man. — Pat Paulsen Copy Share Image
“An institution rooted in slavery cannot be the voice of our people.” — DaShanne Stokes Copy Share Image
Barack Obama is the most antibusiness president in a generation, perhaps in American history. — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
Cherishing Columbus is a characteristic of white history, not American history. — James W. Loewen Copy Share Image
It's not painful to relive it. I'm comfortable with my position in American history. — Rodney King Copy Share Image
Getting into the banjo and discovering that it was an African-American instrument, it totally turned on its head my idea of American… — Rhiannon Giddens Copy Share Image
In my estimation, there has not been in American history a more important leak than Edward Snowden's release of NSA material, and… — Daniel Ellsberg Copy Share Image
“O, you happy free women, contrast your New Year's day with that of the poor bond-woman! With you it is a pleasant… — Harriet A. Jacobs Copy Share Image
I hated the lost colony; in second grade, we were doing American History, and they said, We don't know what happened to… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
The history of a movement, the history of a nation, the history of a race is the guide-post of that movement's destiny,… — Marcus Garvey Copy Share Image
Look at the American history of slavery. Can you say that hundreds of years later that has been eased? That pain has… — Anohni Copy Share Image
During the Civil War, the fledgling Republican Party constructed the nation's first activist government, using taxes to fund social welfare legislation for… — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
When I was in school, all our history books were American, so we learned American history, not Canadian history. — Dave Foley Copy Share Image
“… the South is the land of Washington, who made our Nation – of Jefferson, who shaped its direction – and of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Mexico City is the center of art and culture and politics and has been and continues to be for Latin America in… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
We should not blur the lines between legal and illegal immigrants. Millions of people around the world have gone through the process… — Ken Calvert Copy Share Image
For all the talk about the bitterness and the partisanship in American politics, is it really that bitter and partisan? Think of… — William Kristol Copy Share Image
“The New World's purpose was to be The Old World's Eden - a place of dreams to wipe clean the mistakes and… — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
The rise of the Tea Party, along with the emergence of Christine O'Donnell in Delaware, Sharron Angle in Nevada, Carl Paladino in… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
“We're the first people of the Western Hemisphere. American history doesn't start with Plymouth Rock; it starts with our ancestors. Others might… — Mario T. Garcia Copy Share Image
There was no United States before slavery. I am sure somebody can make some sort of argument about modern French identity and… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
“There was enough intimidation, witness tampering and foul play to go around. Many books have been published about this subject, witnesses have… — Captain Hank Bracker, "The Exciting Story of Cuba Copy Share Image
“This place where she worked certainly didn't make it look as if she continued to believe her calling was to change the… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
“Freed slaves returned to Africa settled in a section of what was known as the “Pepper Coast” and on July 26, 1847,… — Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One Copy Share Image
“Columbus's real achievement was managing to cross the ocean successfully in both directions. Though an accomplished enough mariner, he was not terribly… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
Coca-Cola remains emblematic of the best and worst of America and Western civilization. The history of Coca-Cola is the often funny story… — Mark Pendergrast 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
“Virginia lawmakers made slave patrols compulsory for non-slaveholding Whites; these groups of White citizens were charged with policing slaves, enforcing discipline, and… — Ibram X. Kendi Copy Share Image
“Ultimately, Reagan presided over the largest tax cut in American history, and accomplished it working in tandem with (rather than against) a… — Paul Kengor Copy Share Image
I'm very interested in the early American history, the time when the country came together. — Ben Stiller Copy Share Image
History is the land-mark by which we are directed into the true course of life. — Marcus Garvey Copy Share Image
Political vitriol is a familiar enough characteristic of American history. — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
There is no 20-year period in American history when stocks lost money. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
He sailed through American history like a steel ship loaded with monoliths of granite. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin,... — Martin Luther King, Jr 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
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