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American History Quotes

There have been times throughout American history where what is right is not the same as what is legal. Sometimes to do the right thing you have to break the law.

There have been times throughout American history where what is right is not the same as what is legal. Sometimes to do the right thing you have to break the law.

"Edward Snowden’s Motive Revealed: He Can ‘Sleep at Night’". Interview with Brian Williams, www.nbcnews.com. May 28, 2014.

The frontier has gone, and with its going has closed the first period of American history.

"The Significance of the Frontier in American History" (1893) See Bancroft 1; Robert P. Porter 1; Turner 1

American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it.

"James Baldwin’s Lesson for Teachers in a Time of Turmoil" by Clint Smith, www.newyorker.com. September 23, 2017.

American history is a quagmire, and the more one knows, the quaggier the mire gets.

Sarah Vowell (2003). “The Partly Cloudy Patriot”, p.156, Simon and Schuster

I understood....that in my own life I represented a whole period of American history.

Laura Ingalls Wilder, Rose Wilder Lane (1988). “A Little House sampler”, Univ of Nebraska Pr

President Obama is the most successful food stamp president in American history. I would like to be the most successful paycheck president in American history.

"Gingrich promises to slash taxes, calls Obama ‘food stamp president’" by Philip Rucker, www.washingtonpost.com. May 13, 2011 May 13, 2011.

I grew up in the South, so a huge part of our American History education revolved around the Civil War.

"Q&A – Anson Mount (Cullen Bohannon)". AMCtv.com Interview, www.amc.com. November 2011.

Barack Obama is one of the greatest politicians in American history.

"A brilliant victory" by John Podhoretz, nypost.com. November 7, 2012.

To an American, land is solidity, goodness, and hope. American history is about land.

William Least Heat Moon (1991). “Blue Highways: A Journey Into America”, Mariner Books

Hurricane Katrina is without question the worst natural disaster in American history.

"Douglas Brinkley to write Katrina book". www.today.com. September 13, 2005.

Well, I'm a history buff, anyway. I love learning about different periods, especially in American history. I'm a fan.

"William Sadler on Freedom, naked tai chi, and getting silly as the Grim Reaper". Interview with Will Harris, film.avclub.com. June 20, 2015.