David McCullough Quotes about Country

The year 1776, celebrated as the birth year of the nation and for the signing of the Declaration of Independence, was for those who carried the fight for independence forward a year of all-too-few victories, of

The year 1776, celebrated as the birth year of the nation and for the signing of the Declaration of Independence, was for those who carried the fight for independence forward a year of all-too-few victories, of sustained suffering, disease, hunger, desertion, cowardice, disillusionment, defeat, terrible discouragement, and fear, as they would never forget, but also of phenomenal courage and bedrock devotion to country, and that, too they would never forget.

David McCullough

Country, Fighting, Years

David McCullough (2011). “David McCullough American History E-book Box Set: John Adams, 1776, Truman, The Course of Human Events”, p.643, Simon and Schuster

If you get down about the state of American culture, just remember there are still more public libraries in this country than there are McDonalds.

David McCullough

Country, Mcdonalds, Library

FaceBook post by David McCullough from Aug 24, 2012

The more Adams thought about the future of his country, the more convinced he became that it rested on education. Before any great things are accomplished, he wrote to a correspondent, a memorable change must be made in the system of education and knowledge must become so general as to raise the lower ranks of society nearer to the higher. The education of a nation instead of being confined to a few schools and universities for the instruction of the few, must become the national care and expense for the formation of the many.

David McCullough

Country, Memorable, School

David McCullough (2011). “David McCullough Library E-book Box Set: 1776, Brave Companions, The Great Bridge, John Adams, The Johnstown Flood, Mornings on Horseback, Path Between the Seas, Truman, The Course of Human Events”, p.1000, Simon and Schuster

Napoleon could never imagine that some people loved their country as much as he loved his own.

David McCullough

Country, People, History

Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives. - John Adams

David McCullough

Country, Patriotic, Patriotism

FaceBook post by David McCullough from Nov 12, 2012

I think it is one of the most extraordinary elections, a turning point for our country and for the world. That remarkable young man [Barack Obama] has kept his demeanor, kept his temperament and has shown a power to inspire. I see what energy that he has inspired among the young. Well, it inspires us old goats too.

David McCullough

Country, Men, Thinking

Just imagine if in his inaugural address John F. Kennedy had said, 'Ask not what your country can, you know, do for you, but what you can, like, do for your country actually.

David McCullough

Country, Addresses, Imagine

David McCullough's Commencement Address at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, archives.nbclearn.com. June 9, 2008.