The war in Vietnam I thought a dreadful mistake.

There are many more want-to-be writers out there than good editors.

In one of his last newsletters, Mike Ranney wrote: "In thinking back on the days of Easy Company, I'm treasuring my remark to a grandson who asked, 'Grandpa, were you a hero in the war?' No,'" I answered, 'but I served in a company of heroes.

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

The Holocaust was the most evil crime ever committed.

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.

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