Writing is not the easiest way to make a living. Your work long hours, usually all by yourself. It is not a way to make money.

In the 19th century, we devoted our best minds to exploring nature. In the 20th century, we devoted ourselves to controlling and harnessing it. In the 21st century, we must devote ourselves to restoring it.

At the core, the American citizen soldiers knew the difference between right and wrong, and they didn't want to live in a world in which wrong prevailed. So they fought, and won, and we all of us, living and yet to be born, must be forever profoundly grateful.

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

I was taught by professors who had done their schooling in the 1930s. Most of them were scornful of, even hated, big business.

History is everything that has ever happened.

There are many rules of good writing, but the best way to find them is to be a good reader.