Johnson had been the most powerful man in the world, yet the North Vietnamese and the Vietcong had resisted, overcome his power, broken his will.

Crazy Horse saw history as integrated in the present, incorporated into daily life.

Washington's character was rock solid. He came to stand for the new nation and its republican virtues, which was why he became our first President by unanimous choice.

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

Johnson had been the most powerful man in the world, yet the North Vietnamese and the Vietcong had resisted, overcome his power, broken his will.

The more sophisticated we get, the more advanced our buildings and vehicles become, the more vulnerable we are.

Eisenhower had the clearest blue eyes. He would fix them on you. In my every interview with him, he would lock his eyes on to mine and keep them there.