It is through history that we learn who we are and how we got that way, why and how we changed, why the good sometimes prevailed and sometimes did not.

In 1945, there were more people killed, more buildings destroyed, more high explosives set off, more fires burning than before or since.

Jefferson owned slaves. He did not believe that all were created equal. He was a racist.

To be a slaveholder meant one had to regard the African American as inferior in every way.

The past is a source of knowledge, and the future is a source of hope. Love of the past implies faith in the future.

Eisenhower is my choice as the American of the 20th Century. Of all the men I've studied and written about, he is the brightest and the best.

Nothing is inevitable in life. People make choices, and those choices have results, and we all live with the results.