Saigon, U.S.A. aptly documents the birth of a new American community, uprooted in the aftermath of war and forever torn apart by… — Nguyen Qui Duc Copy Share Image
“Every cigar rolled by hand carries the pressure of labor, the signature of culture, and the shadow of politics.” — Sebastian Saviano 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 President and his wise men can only propose; but Congress disposes. It is when President and Congress agree that American history… — Theodore White 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
“Free spirits, the ambitious, ex-socialists, drug users, and sexual eccentrics often find an attractive political philosophy in libertarianism, the idea that individual… — Robert Locke 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
Today, everybody is more or less conscious of the total failure of the Cuban revolution to produce wealth, to produce a better… — Mario Vargas Llosa 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
After eight months of one of the most intensive public and private investigations in American history, no one - no one -… — Steven Hatfill Copy Share Image
May 4th is a particularly memorable day in American history because 84 years to the day before May 4, 1970, there was… — William Kunstler Copy Share Image
“Few would argue against safe-guarding the nation. But in the judgment of at least one of the country's most distinguished presidential scholars,… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
Republicans stalled Merrick Garland's nomination to the Supreme Court because they could, and 136 years of American history recommended it as politically advantageous. — Michael J. Knowles Copy Share Image
“Castine predates the Plymouth Colony by 7 years and, being one of the oldest settlements in America, has a rich history. Founded… — Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One 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
“It was on July 2, 1776 that the Second Continental Congress voted for the legal separation of the Thirteen Colonies from Great… — Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One Copy Share Image
There was no news in the Dan Rather piece. They didn't say [to Bush]: "We found a piece of paper that was… — Roger Ailes Copy Share Image
Here was the greatest and most moving chapter in American history, a blending of meanness and greatness, an ending and a beginning.… — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
“[P]ressed too far, the cult of ethnicity has had bad consequences too. The new ethnic gospel rejects the unifying vision of individuals… — Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr Copy Share Image
In my opinion while lynchings were quite possibly the most heinous crimes ever witnessed in American history, they helped in bringing people… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
“On February 23, 1945, one of the most famous photographs in American history was taken atop Mount Suribachi, as five American soldiers… — Charles River Editors 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
There is, of course, no larger mass hysteria in American history than the epidemic of racism. — Kevin Young 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
