It would not be possible to praises nurses too highly..

Eisenhower is my choice as the American of the 20th Century. Of all the men I've studied and written about, he is the brightest and the best..

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

Within Easy Company they had made the best friends they had ever had, or would ever have. They were prepared to die for each other; more important, t….

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

D-Day represents the greatest achievement of the american people and system in the 20th century. It was the pivot point of the 20th century. It was t….

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 Omah….

When Hitler declared war on the United States, he was betting that German soldiers, raised up in the Hitler Youth, would always out fight American so….

The past is a source of knowledge, and the future is a source of hope. Love of the past implies faith in the future..

It is through history that we learn who we are and how we got that way, why and how we changed, why the good sometimes prevailed and sometimes did no….

In the 19th century, we devoted our best minds to exploring nature. In the 20th century, we devoted ourselves to controlling and harnessing it. In th….

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

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

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

Friends never cheat on each other, or take advantage, or lie. Friends do not spy on one another, yet they have no secrets. Friends glory in each othe….

The more sophisticated we get, the more advanced our buildings and vehicles become, the more vulnerable we are..

History is everything that has ever happened..

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

Lieutenant Welsh remembered walking around among the sleeping men, and thinking to himself that 'they had looked at and smelled death all around them….

Friendships are different from all other relationships. Unlike acquaintanceship, friendship is based on love. Unlike lovers and married couples, it i….

The Holocaust was the most evil crime ever committed..