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> [Healthcare in the U.S. remains a dire mess, and the Obama presidency, unfortunately, didn't really address that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-garrow/healthcare-in-the-u-s-remains-a-dire-mess-and-the-obama-presidency/)

[David Garrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-garrow/)

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## More by David Garrow

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-garrow/president-obama-s-achievements-and-failures-must-be-evaluated-by/)

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> [Healthcare in the U.S. remains a dire mess, and the Obama presidency, unfortunately, didn't really address that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-garrow/healthcare-in-the-u-s-remains-a-dire-mess-and-the-obama-presidency/)

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> [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-garrow/i-think-american-life-would-be-better-without-twitter-and-i-think-we/)

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> [It's simply incorrect to call Dr. King a Republican.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-garrow/it-s-simply-incorrect-to-call-dr-king-a-republican/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-garrow/one-of-the-great-challenges-of-being-a-modern-historian-is/)

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> [Politically or ideologically oriented evaluations of Chief Justice Rehnquist should not overlook what a successful and popular chief justice he was within the Court…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-garrow/politically-or-ideologically-oriented-evaluations-of-chief-justice/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-garrow/i-have-very-purposely-never-signed-up-with-commercial-lecture/)

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> [Prior to Roe , ... whether one could obtain a legal abortion in the face of an unwanted pregnancy was a crap shoot. For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-garrow/prior-to-roe-whether-one-could-obtain-a-legal-abortion-in-the-face-of/)

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> [Dr. King, if he were alive today, probably would simply be a minister, a pastor. His initial intent was, indeed, just to be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-garrow/dr-king-if-he-were-alive-today-probably-would-simply-be-a-minister-a/)

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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-garrow/with-barack-there-s-an-emotional-need-to-succeed-to-win-to-obtain/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-garrow/the-barack-who-was-so-successful-in-illinois-in-a-republican/)

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> ['Dreams from My Father' was not a memoir or an autobiography; it was instead, in multitudinous ways, without any question a work of historical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-garrow/dreams-from-my-father-was-not-a-memoir-or-an-autobiography-it-was/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-garrow/i-m-a-pro-forma-bernie-sanders-donor-in-years-past-when-michael/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-garrow/king-would-certainly-be-overjoyed-by-barack-obama-s-inauguration-but/)

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> [I first started reading about Barack and taking notes when he won the Iowa caucuses in January 2008 because I was embarrassed that, at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-garrow/i-first-started-reading-about-barack-and-taking-notes-when-he-won-the/)

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