American history Quote by Van Jones

One of the things that really bothers me is that Americans don't have any sense of history. The majority of Americans don't have any…

— Robert K. Massie

I think that America has an obsession with history, really.

— JJ Feild

The trouble with American History is that you don't remember it, and why should you? Nobody does.

— Barbara Holland

Americans don't learn about the world; they don't study world history, other than American history in a very one-sided fashion, and they don't study…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

Americans think that they have a history, but it's nothing compared to Europe.

— Ashton Kutcher

Americans' lack of passion for history is well known. History may not quite be bunk, as Henry Ford suggested, but there's no denying that,…

— Larry McMurtry

Americans treat history like a cookbook. Whenever they are uncertain what to do next, they turn to history and look up the proper recipe,…

— Russell Baker

There's a good reason why nobody studies history, it just teaches you too much.

— Noam Chomsky

There is no American history. There is no French history. There is no John Wideman. There are all these dreams that are floating around.…

— John Edgar Wideman

One of the delightful things about Americans is that they have absolutely no historical memory.

— Zhou Enlai

I knew nothing of American History because I didn't pay attention to American History in school. Because I did not see myself in American…

— Okieriete Onaodowan

Here in Britain, we can get a little bit snobby about American history. Yes, their history is not quite as long as ours. But…

— Michael Portillo