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I'm not a fan of public school at all; I think it's one of the greatest catastrophes of American history.
Gore Vidal has been a friend of mine for years, and he's one of the greatest writers in American history.
We are now in the Me Decade - seeing the upward roll of the third great religious wave in American history.
There's not much place for the loyalists - especially the loyalists who left - in standard American history.
The fault line in American history is now a dividing line in the election and it's changing the conversation.
Boycotts have been a critical part of social justice in American history, particularly for African-Americans.
These days I wonder more and more why people are pessimistic when American history actually supports optimism.
American history contains much matter for pride and congratulation, and much matter for regret and humiliation.
African American history is really American history because African Americans really helped build this country.
When I was in school, all our history books were American, so we learned American history, not Canadian history.
In the course of American history, great steps are taken by ordinary people, and ordinary people are not perfect.
In both British and American history, fervent imperialism has always coexisted with bouts of fierce isolationism.
Throughout American history, whites have played a significant role in helping blacks secure freedom and equality.
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are the most disliked and untrusted candidates for president in American history.
It is not, nor will it ever be, white people's responsibility to teach black children our unique American history.
The George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin affair is one of the most important and clarifying moments in American history.
Well, I'm a history buff, anyway. I love learning about different periods, especially in American history. I'm a fan.
The 1950s and 1960s had been a period of enormous growth, the highest in American history, maybe in economic history.
Some IMDB viewers complain that 'Beloved' should have been reclassifed as Horror... well, so should American history.
Anyone with a cursory knowledge of American history knows that unchecked spying undermines democracy and public trust.
So many people of color who made major contributions to American history have been trapped in the purgatory of history.
Bill Clinton presided over the largest increase in federal and state prison inmates of any president in American history.
In every election in American history both parties have their cliches. The party that has the cliches that ring true wins.
No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now.
If you go back in American history, oysters were the food of poor people. New York was filled with oyster saloons in the 1800s.
American history and the history of baseball are bound up together: our racial politics can be described and traced through it.
Speaking as a writer, it would be difficult to find an event in American history more dramatic and riveting than the Civil War.
The force that has come closest across American history to actually ending America was white supremacy. That was the Civil War.
American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it.
From tea parties to the election in Massachusetts, we are witnessing the single greatest political pushback in American history.
Bottom line - American history tells us that where there is a will, there will always be a way to achieve quick and fast inclusion.
Cheney refers to his vice presidency... as one of the most consequential vice presidencies in American history. And it clearly was.
For being the largest generation in American history, the Millennial generation inspires a ridiculous degree of overgeneralization.
9/11 was a sort of hinge event in American history, and all jihadi terrorist plots or attacks are kind of filtered through that lens.
Throughout American history our presidents have invoked our nation's founding fathers. This is particularly true of recent presidents.
Medicare and Social Security have created the healthiest and most financially secure generation of senior citizens in American history.
I've always had sort of an interest in American history, full stop, and especially people who contributed to the civil rights struggle.
Look at the American history of slavery. Can you say that hundreds of years later that has been eased? That pain has not yet been eased.
Ted Kennedy will go down in history as one of the giants of the U.S. Senate and one the most accomplished legislators in American history.
I think the Lewis and Clark Expedition was the greatest undertaking in American History. I think landing a man on the moon pales next to it.
What's so interesting is taking kind of all these horror tropes and really finding black history and American history to layer on top of it.
A trillion dollars spent, 2,000 American lives lost - Afghanistan is the longest war in American history. But you don't hear a word about it.
Bill and Hillary Clinton are the most investigated couple in American history - now the most thoroughly exonerated couple in American history.
We must never forget that Black History is American History. The achievements of African Americans have contributed to our nation's greatness.
Once you choose to run for president of the United States and succeed, your earlier life, your biography, is a major part of American history.
If you are attempting to study American history, and you don't understand the force of white supremacy, you fundamentally misunderstand America.
'Hamilton' is one of the best things I've ever seen on a stage, and for a guy who loves American history, hip-hop and theater, it was pure bliss.
I'm working on restoring a cabinet over the obstruction of Senate Democrats. It will be one of the great cabinets ever assembled in American history.
American history and the black experience are inextricable. And both are inextricable from policing. Far more often than not, that's been a good thing.