American Quote by Robert Dallek Download Open image “Political vitriol is a familiar enough characteristic of American history.” — Robert Dallek ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare American American history Characteristic Enough Familiar History Political Politics
America remains the freest, most powerful and most prosperous nation in all the world, and yet, we face significant challenges. Among these challenges has… — Mike Johnson Copy Share Image
Political history is far too criminal to be a fit subject of study for the young. Children should acquire their heroes and villians from… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
American history is a quagmire, and the more one knows, the quaggier the mire gets. — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
American history has always had elements of what we now think of as Trumpism - Joe McCarthy, George Wallace, Father Coughlin. It's not as… — Bill Kristol Copy Share Image
American political culture quickly and always outpaces any attempt to satirize it. — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
Nineteenth-century American politics were notoriously raucous, with frequent violence in and around elections. — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share Image
There's so much in American history that has been hidden and shunned. — Ashton Sanders Copy Share Image
I can't understand why I flunked American history. When I was a kid there was so little of it. — George Burns Copy Share Image
Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
One is astonished in the study of history at the recurrence of the idea that evil must be forgotten, distorted, skimmed over. We must not remember that Daniel Webster got drunk but only that he was a splendid constitutional lawyer. We must forget that George Washington was a slave owner . . . and simply remember the things we regard… — W. E. B. Du Bois Copy Share
Don't be intimidated by people who seem to be experts. Hear their points of view and get their judgements. But at the end of… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
During his presidency, Truman and the Republicans were locked in a series of furious assaults on each other that outraged him and made Truman… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
Experience helped Richard Nixon, but it didn't save him, and it certainly wasn't a blanket endorsement. He blundered terribly in dealing with Vietnam. — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
When Gingrich attacked CNN's John King for bringing up his alleged proposal of an open marriage to his second wife, Gingrich accused him of… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
In seeking an empire of liberty, Jefferson wished not only to expand the country's territorial holdings, but also to extend American institutions around the… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
Like Lyndon Johnson, President Obama understands that timidity in a time of troubles is a prescription for failure. — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
Despite its flaws, the American electoral system has produced Lincoln, the two Roosevelts, and Harry Truman. — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
For those of us who cry out for gun control, our fears cannot be eliminated as long as the country remains an armed camp… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
The Atlantic conference in the North Atlantic off Newfoundland is a dramatic moment in World War II history because for the first time, Roosevelt… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
For style and for creating a mood of optimism and hope - Kennedy on that count is as effective as any president the country… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
As for Vietnam, what matters is that Kennedy successfully resisted pressure to send anything more than military advisers, a stance that was a likely… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
I wasn't attracted to American cinema, but I fell in love with Los Angeles the minute I arrived. — Agnes Varda Copy Share Image
William Maxwell's my favorite North American writer, I think. And an Irish writer who used to write for 'The New Yorker' called Maeve Brennan,… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
I have fallen in love with American names, the sharp names that never get fat. — Stephen Vincent Benet Copy Share Image
I really like a lot of American country stuff, so my music has that influence, but I don't like to be set within a… — Jade Bird Copy Share Image
I certainly don't think that the heirs of the American Revolution were a particularly noble class. — H. W. Brands Copy Share Image
Congress passed the American Rescue Plan Act in a tremendous investment to support millions of workers without a paycheck and behind on bills. — Jake Auchincloss Copy Share Image
Small businesses are the backbone of the American economy and employ almost half of the working population. Yet because of their size, they rarely… — Dan Lipinski Copy Share Image
Although I write in English, and despite the fact that I'm from America, I consider myself an Armenian writer. The words I use are… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
When we first sold the Wallace and Gromit shorts to America, people suggested we get rid of the strange British accents and put clear… — Nick Park Copy Share Image
France has not only built a bureaucratic barrier against American culture, it has constructed a notorious intellectual case against it as well. The French… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
New York and San Francisco are distinctly different. San Francisco is driving the American media, not New York. You have young, microwaved millionaires and… — Jason Whitlock Copy Share Image
