During the Second World War, the Germans took four years to build the Atlantic Wall. On four beaches it held up the Allies for about an hour; at Omaha it held up the U.S. for less than one day. The Atlantic Wall must therefore be regarded as one of the greatest blunders in military history.

Winning the Revolutionary War, or the Civil War, or World War II were the turning points in our history, the sine qua non of our forward progress.

American corporations hate to give away money.

Washington and Jefferson were both rich Virginia planters, but they were never friends.

The war in Vietnam I thought a dreadful mistake.

Neighbors are far better acoustic analyzers for determining the quality of their life versus any acoustic instrument left unattended by an expert.

World War II, the atomic bomb, the Cold War, made it hard for Americans to continue their optimism.