I'm no politician. I'm an historian who has learned through a lifetime of studying that nothing in the world beats universal education.

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

The American Constitution is the greatest governing document, and at some 7,000 words, just about the shortest.

The Canadians have managed to live peacefully with their Indians. It is disgrace that the United States has not done the same.

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

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.

My favorite book is the last one printed, which is always better than those that were published earlier.