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

Nothing is inevitable in life. People make choices, and those choices have results, and we all live with the results.

History is everything that has ever happened.

At the core, the American citizen soldiers knew the difference between right and wrong, and they didn't want to live in a world in which wrong prevailed. So they fought, and won, and we all of us, living and yet to be born, must be forever profoundly grateful.

Writing is not the easiest way to make a living. Your work long hours, usually all by yourself. It is not a way to make money.

I thought Nixon was the worst President we had ever had, save only perhaps Andrew Johnson.

There are many rules of good writing, but the best way to find them is to be a good reader.