You don't hate history, you hate the way it was taught to you in high school.

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

Washington and Jefferson were both rich Virginia planters, but they were never friends.

During the Second World War, the Germans took four years to build the Atlantic Wall. On four beaches it held up the Allies for about an hour; at Omaha it held up the U.S. for less than one day. The Atlantic Wall must therefore be regarded as one of the greatest blunders in military history.

Washington's character was rock solid. He came to stand for the new nation and its republican virtues, which was why he became our first President by unanimous choice.

My first book was the book that changed my life.

Eisenhower had the clearest blue eyes. He would fix them on you. In my every interview with him, he would lock his eyes on to mine and keep them there.