History is everything that has ever happened.

The war in Vietnam I thought a dreadful mistake.

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.

In 1945, there were more people killed, more buildings destroyed, more high explosives set off, more fires burning than before or since.

In one of his last newsletters, Mike Ranney wrote: "In thinking back on the days of Easy Company, I'm treasuring my remark to a grandson who asked, 'Grandpa, were you a hero in the war?' No,'" I answered, 'but I served in a company of heroes.

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

Like their predecessors, the Presidents of today just throw up their hands.