If you get down about the state of American culture, just remember there are still more public libraries in this country than there are McDonalds.

You can make the argument that there's no such thing as the past. Nobody lived in the past. They lived in the present. It is their present, not our present, and they don't know how it's going to come out. They weren't just like we are because they lived in that very different time. You can't understand them if you don't understand how they perceived reality.

Yes, this is a dangerous time. Yes, this is a time full of shadows and fear. But we have been through worse before and we have faced more difficult days before. We have shown courage and determination, and skillful and inventive and courageous and committed responses to crisis before.

My love is to tell a story but I like stories that evolve from character, from the nature of the individuals involved.

The more we see the founders as humans the more we can understand them.

In fact, it was the largest expeditionary force of the 18th century. The largest, most powerful force ever set forth from Britain or any nation.

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