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

American corporations hate to give away money.

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

Andrew Johnson was a Southerner generally who proclaimed that his native state of Tennessee was a country for white men.

Trial by jury. Live wherever you can make a living. How could a government based on such principles fail?

You don't hate history, you hate the way it was taught to you in high school.

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.