Like Lincoln, I would like to believe the ballot is stronger than the bullet. Then again, he said that before he got shot.

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I loved that these two guys argued with each other as if movies actually mattered....

I loved that these two guys argued with each other as if movies actually mattered....

I didn't come from any kind of academic background, but I lived in a college...

I didn't come from any kind of academic background, but I lived in a college...

I hated the lost colony; in second grade, we were doing American History, and they...

I hated the lost colony; in second grade, we were doing American History, and they...

Jesus and Lincoln, Moses and Jefferson can seem so long gone, so unbelievable, so dead.

Jesus and Lincoln, Moses and Jefferson can seem so long gone, so unbelievable, so dead.

The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Civil War-when I really think about them they...

The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Civil War-when I really think about them they...

I get younger people who watch Conan or The Daily Show, but before that it...

I get younger people who watch Conan or The Daily Show, but before that it...

Assassins and presidents invite the same basic question: Just who do you think you are?

Assassins and presidents invite the same basic question: Just who do you think you are?

One night last summer, all the killers in my head assembled on a stage in...

One night last summer, all the killers in my head assembled on a stage in...

Not that I want the current president killed. I will, for the record and for...

Not that I want the current president killed. I will, for the record and for...

I was a big Nancy Drew reader. Nancy figures it out. Case closed.

I was a big Nancy Drew reader. Nancy figures it out. Case closed.

I discovered that Robert Todd Lincoln was there for each of the first three assassinations....

I discovered that Robert Todd Lincoln was there for each of the first three assassinations....

My audience is going to die before I do.

My audience is going to die before I do.

The whole point of Louis Armstrong is that no one can really figure him out....

The whole point of Louis Armstrong is that no one can really figure him out....

Most people don't like to talk about violent historical death.

Most people don't like to talk about violent historical death.

Part of the success of This American Life, I think, is due to the fact...

Part of the success of This American Life, I think, is due to the fact...

In death, you get upgraded into a saint no matter how much people hated you...

In death, you get upgraded into a saint no matter how much people hated you...

I'm a big fan of editing and keeping only the interesting bits in.

I'm a big fan of editing and keeping only the interesting bits in.

What are you hiding? No one ever asks that.

What are you hiding? No one ever asks that.

I seem to have no problem revealing my crush on the man who murdered Lincoln.

I seem to have no problem revealing my crush on the man who murdered Lincoln.

The one time I was an actor, it happened to be in a globally dominant...

The one time I was an actor, it happened to be in a globally dominant...