“Rarely was Richelieu accused of leniency. In his hubris, he was alleged to have said, “Give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest man, and I will find something there to hang him.”14” — David Hackett Fischer Copy Share Image
The most important fact about American liberty is that it has never been a single idea, but a set of different and even contrary… — David Hackett Fischer Copy Share Image
“Every Canadian winter was a mortal challenge to its habitants.” — David Hackett Fischer Copy Share Image
“The island was said to be “completely covered with pigeons.” Thousands of them fattened on the raspberries, and the settlers fed on the pigeons.16” — David Hackett Fischer Copy Share Image
Americans tended to think of war as something that had to be done from time to time, for a particular purpose or goal. They… — David Hackett Fischer Copy Share Image
Many pundits today are in the habit of misquoting Santayana's epigram, Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. Maybe some… — David Hackett Fischer Copy Share Image
“Until Washington crossed the Delaware, the triumph of the old order seemed inevitable. Thereafter, things would never be the same again.” — David Hackett Fischer Copy Share Image
The only creature less fashionable in academia than the stereotypical 'dead white male,' is the dead white male on horseback. — David Hackett Fischer Copy Share Image
“Fiddlesticks!” Rall replied. “These clodhoppers will not attack us, and should they do so, we will simply fall on them and rout them.”58 (on… — David Hackett Fischer Copy Share Image
“Rarely was Richelieu accused of leniency. In his hubris, he was alleged to have said, “Give me six lines written by the hand of… — David Hackett Fischer Copy Share Image
