No harm's done to history by making it something someone would want to read.

I can fairly be called an amateur because I do what I do, in the original sense of the word - for love, because I love it. On the other hand, I think that those of us who make our living writing history can also be called true professionals.

I could not do what I do without the kindness, consideration, resourcefulness and work of librarians, particularly in public libraries... What started me writing history happened because of some curiosity that I had about some photographs I'd seen in the Library of Congress.

Nothing ever invented provides such sustenance, such infinite reward for time spent, as a good book.

Little children can learn anything, just as they can learn a foreign language. The mind is so absorbent then. There ought to be a real program to educate teachers who want to teach grade school children about history.

If everyone is special, then no one is. If everyone gets a trophy, trophies become meaningless.

You have to have wisdom and knowledge as well as virtue to preserve your rights and liberties.