Westward expansion Quotes

9 quotes from 7 authors

Westward expansion reshaped the nation’s map and imagination, but the stories told often gloss over the pain it caused. The nine voices here tug at the romantic veneer while exposing the harsh truths behind the frontier myth. If you’re drawn to this, you might also enjoy the American Frontier and Manifest Destiny pages for deeper context.

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The whole westward expansion myth is seen as romantic. But it's a joke, a blot on American history.

Frank Waters

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The whole westward expansion myth is seen as romantic. But its a joke, a blot on American history.

Frank Waters

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Our great national drama was a westward expansion that conquered a native population rather than coexisting with it.

Ross Douthat

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“When a country goes from a population of 3 million to a population of 300 million (to say nothing of the radical…

Thomas Piketty

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All of this got me thinking about the history of the westward expansion, and got me to wondering how the exploration of…

Sarah Zettel

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Now, of course, the great thing about the solar system as a frontier is that there are no Indians, so you can…

Sarah Zettel

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After the Great Depression and after public urging, a nationwide public competition was held to determine a design for a memorial that…

Russ Carnahan

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“The end of something, that specific mid-century American upper-middle-class WASP East Coast thing, the mercantile remnant of the Puritans, the ruling class…

Henry Bromell

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And in "Elbow Room" the cast sings the glories of westward expansion in the United States, which involved the murder of native…

Tim Wise

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