The first of all qualities of a general is courage.

There are people who are trying to write history for the general reader who can be quite tedious. That said, I do feel in my heart of hearts that if history isn't well written, it isn't going to be read, and if it isn't read it's going to die.

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

Since September 11, it seems to me that never in our lifetime, except possibly in the early stages of World War II, has it been clearer that we have as a source of strength, a source of direction, a source of inspiration - our story.

I love to go to the places where things happen. I like to walk the walk and see how the light falls and what winter feels like.

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

Freedom is found through the portals of our nation's libraries.