It would be the most crucial day of the entire war.

A nation that forgets its past can function no better than an individual with amnesia.

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

To me history ought to be a source of pleasure. It isn't just part of our civic responsibility. To me it's an enlargement of the experience of being alive, just the way literature or art or music is.

History isn't just what happened, but what happened to whom and why and what would have been different if the cast of characters had been different.

The preparations were elaborate and mammoth in scale, and Washington threw himself into the effort, demanding that not an hour be lost.

Never assume that people in positions of responsibility are behaving responsibly.