In 1945, there were more people killed, more buildings destroyed, more high explosives set off, more fires burning than before or since.
The number one secret of being a successful writer is this: marry an English major.
Almost everything Truman did in foreign affairs I approve of.
Nixon regarded himself as having been cheated by life. He never got my vote.
In America, Jefferson noted with approval, women knew their place.
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.