Winning the Revolutionary War, or the Civil War, or World War II were the turning points in our history, the sine qua non of our forward progress.
The war in Vietnam I thought a dreadful mistake.
You don't hate history, you hate the way it was taught to you in high school.
The American Constitution is the greatest governing document, and at some 7,000 words, just about the shortest.
Like their predecessors, the Presidents of today just throw up their hands.
Almost everything Truman did in foreign affairs I approve of.