David Hackett Fischer

The most important fact about American liberty is that it has never been a single idea, but a set of different and…

— David Hackett Fischer

“Every Canadian winter was a mortal challenge to its habitants.”

— David Hackett Fischer

“The island was said to be “completely covered with pigeons.” Thousands of them fattened on the raspberries, and the settlers fed on…

— David Hackett Fischer

Americans tended to think of war as something that had to be done from time to time, for a particular purpose or…

— David Hackett Fischer

Many pundits today are in the habit of misquoting Santayana's epigram, Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.…

— David Hackett Fischer

“Until Washington crossed the Delaware, the triumph of the old order seemed inevitable. Thereafter, things would never be the same again.”

— David Hackett Fischer

The only creature less fashionable in academia than the stereotypical 'dead white male,' is the dead white male on horseback.

— David Hackett Fischer

“Fiddlesticks!” Rall replied. “These clodhoppers will not attack us, and should they do so, we will simply fall on them and rout…

— David Hackett Fischer

“Rarely was Richelieu accused of leniency. In his hubris, he was alleged to have said, “Give me six lines written by the…

— David Hackett Fischer