America Quote by Erik Larson

Yes, William E. Dodd was the - became the - America's first ambassador to Nazi Germany. Prior to that, he was a professor of…

— Erik Larson

George Kennan is another extreme case. He was the American consul in Berlin until the war between Germany and the United States broke out…

— Noam Chomsky

“Prominent among the American capitalists with ties to Nazi counterparts was Prescott Bush, the father of one president and grandfather of another. Researchers have…

— Oliver Stone

I admit, I was fascinated by Adolf Hitler. He was a pleasant boss and a fatherly friend.

— Traudl Junge

Writer George Orwell confessed he found something "deeply appealing" about Adolf Hitler. Where Martha Dodd was struck by Hitler's "weak, soft face," Orwell discerned…

— Brad Marchand

Eleanor Roosevelt's very helpful to a lot of children who cannot speak French, who do not write well. And Marie Souvestre is fierce. She…

— Blanche Wiesen Cook

My parents were interested in history and the world. My father read Graham Greene and Georges Simenon and was a strong trade unionist and…

— Robert Harris

One of the finest statesmen of the present time is also a first-class scout, and that is Mr. Roosevelt, the late President of the…

— Robert Baden-Powell

“Mae Brussell began to study the pattern of Nazis coming to the United States after World War Two and patterns of murders identical to…

— Mae Brussell

A skillful playwright might have a good time with the story of the assassination of President William McKinley, and especially with the three most…

— Russell Baker

I mean, like a lot of kids growing up in the early seventies, I was fed Dr. Kissinger with my Fruit Loops. He was…

— Eugene Jarecki

I knew from an online search that the Wisconsin State Historical Society, on the vast University of Wisconsin campus, held the papers of Sigrid…

— Erik Larson