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

When Hitler declared war on the United States, he was betting that German soldiers, raised up in the Hitler Youth, would always out fight American soldiers, brought up in the Boy Scouts. He lost that bet. The Boy Scouts had been taught how to figure their way out of their own problems.

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.

The war in Vietnam I thought a dreadful mistake.

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

The Holocaust was the most evil crime ever committed.

Washington, not Jefferson, freed his slaves upon his death.