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As to the Indians, the guiding principle was, promise them anything just so long as they get out of the way. (countries)
Crazy Horse saw history as integrated in the present, incorporated into daily life. (history and historia)
Custer had dead heroes. Crazy Horse had only live ones. (heroes and heroism)
Dams have harmed our wildlife and made rivers less useful for recreation. (nature)
Eisenhower had the clearest blue eyes. He would fix them on you. In my every interview with him, he would lock his eyes on to mine and keep them there. (politics)
Eisenhower is my choice as the American of the 20th Century. Of all the men I've studied and written about, he is the brightest and the best. (choice)
Even before Watergate and his resignation, Nixon had inspired conflicting and passionate emotions. (politics)
History is everything that has ever happened. (history and historia)
I thought Nixon was the worst President we had ever had, save only perhaps Andrew Johnson. (president)
I was taught by professors who had done their schooling in the 1930s. Most of them were scornful of, even hated, big business. (learning)
I was too young for Korea and too old for Vietnam. (youth)
I'm no politician. I'm an historian who has learned through a lifetime of studying that nothing in the world beats universal education. (politicians)
I've always tried to be fair to my subjects. That's easy when they are as likable and admirable as Lewis and Clark, or Eisenhower. (reason)
Immigrants do more than help us win our wars, or set up cleaning shops or ethnic restaurants. (immigration)
In 1945, there were more people killed, more buildings destroyed, more high explosives set off, more fires burning than before or since. (history and historia)
In America, Jefferson noted with approval, women knew their place. (women)
It does you no good to see the number two or number three man in the corporation-you have to get through to number one. (unknown)
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