Dr. King, if he were alive today, probably would simply be a minister, a pastor. His initial intent was, indeed, just to be a preacher. He didn't have any egotistical desire or need to be a public figure or celebrity.… — David Garrow Copy Share Image
President Obama's achievements and failures must be evaluated by comparison to those chief executives who have come before him and not be measured against… — David Garrow Copy Share Image
Healthcare in the U.S. remains a dire mess, and the Obama presidency, unfortunately, didn't really address that. — David Garrow Copy Share Image
I think American life would be better without Twitter, and I think we'd have a better country if the president was not on Twitter.… — David Garrow Copy Share Image
One of the great challenges of being a modern historian is interviewing multiple people who were all there for something, some event. No one's… — David Garrow Copy Share Image
Politically or ideologically oriented evaluations of Chief Justice Rehnquist should not overlook what a successful and popular chief justice he was within the Court… — David Garrow Copy Share Image
I have very purposely never signed up with commercial lecture agencies as most, I think, prominent historical authors do because, to me, that's a… — David Garrow Copy Share Image
Prior to Roe , ... whether one could obtain a legal abortion in the face of an unwanted pregnancy was a crap shoot. For… — David Garrow Copy Share Image
Dr. King, if he were alive today, probably would simply be a minister, a pastor. His initial intent was, indeed, just to be a… — David Garrow Copy Share Image
With Barack, there's an emotional need to succeed, to win, to obtain victory. He always believes that he's the smartest person in the room. — David Garrow Copy Share Image
The Barack who was so successful in Illinois in a Republican-controlled legislative situation for most of his time and who was a very outspoken… — David Garrow Copy Share Image
'Dreams from My Father' was not a memoir or an autobiography; it was instead, in multitudinous ways, without any question a work of historical… — David Garrow Copy Share Image
I'm a pro forma Bernie Sanders donor. In years past, when Michael Harrington was still alive, I was a very active member of Democratic… — David Garrow Copy Share Image
King would certainly be overjoyed by Barack Obama's inauguration, but we must avoid, and indeed reject, any careless claims that Obama's swearing in marks… — David Garrow Copy Share Image
I first started reading about Barack and taking notes when he won the Iowa caucuses in January 2008 because I was embarrassed that, at… — David Garrow Copy Share Image
