“When our founders spoke of the “pursuit of happiness,” they did not mean long vacations or the piling up of things. Happiness… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
“Sadly, too many today take for granted public schools, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, equality before the law, forgetting that these… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
The year 1776, celebrated as the birth year of the nation and for the signing of the Declaration of Independence, was for… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
“If you haven't met Kenny (Young) you have not seen how the spirit of Boston can be embodied by one single man.” — David McCullough Copy Share Image
“There are no people on earth in whom a spirit of enthusiastic zeal is so readily kindled, and burns so remarkably, as… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
With the Truman book, I wrote the entire account of his experiences in World War I before going over to Europe to follow his… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
“Steamboats by this time were becoming a familiar presence on the rivers and coastal waters of America, but not until 1838 did steam-powered ships… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
I feel that history is in many ways the most important of all subjects because it is about everything and because it's about who… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
“Even mighty states and kingdoms are not exempted. If we look into history, we shall find some nations rising from contemptible beginnings and spreading… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
History isn't just what happened, but what happened to whom and why and what would have been different if the cast of characters had… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
“Only TR openly declared his love for the job. “Nobody ever enjoyed the presidency as I did,” he boasted, and by all evidence that… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
“s ships Phoenix and Rose, in the company of three tenders, cast off their moorings at Staten Island and started up the harbor under… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
“a people may let a King fall, yet still remain a people, but if a King let his people slip from him, he is… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
Why limit yourself to the experience of your own relatively brief time on earth, according to your biological clock, when the whole realm of… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
“He worked at a plain, tall desk at which he wrote standing up or perched on a high stool,” — David McCullough Copy Share Image
“Nothing happens in isolation. Everything that happens has consequences. We” — David McCullough Copy Share Image
