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Almost everything Truman did in foreign affairs I approve of.

Almost everything Truman did in foreign affairs I approve of.

Immigrants do more than help us win our wars, or set up cleaning shops or...

Immigrants do more than help us win our wars, or set up cleaning shops or...

The Holocaust was the most evil crime ever committed.

The Holocaust was the most evil crime ever committed.

I was too young for Korea and too old for Vietnam.

I was too young for Korea and too old for Vietnam.

I've always tried to be fair to my subjects. That's easy when they are as...

I've always tried to be fair to my subjects. That's easy when they are as...

The war in Vietnam I thought a dreadful mistake.

The war in Vietnam I thought a dreadful mistake.

Winning the Revolutionary War, or the Civil War, or World War II were the turning...

Winning the Revolutionary War, or the Civil War, or World War II were the turning...

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

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

Nixon regarded himself as having been cheated by life. He never got my vote.

Nixon regarded himself as having been cheated by life. He never got my vote.

There are many more want-to-be writers out there than good editors.

There are many more want-to-be writers out there than good editors.

Johnson had been the most powerful man in the world, yet the North Vietnamese and...

Johnson had been the most powerful man in the world, yet the North Vietnamese and...

Andrew Johnson was a Southerner generally who proclaimed that his native state of Tennessee was...

Andrew Johnson was a Southerner generally who proclaimed that his native state of Tennessee was...

Eisenhower is my choice as the American of the 20th Century. Of all the men...

Eisenhower is my choice as the American of the 20th Century. Of all the men...

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

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

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

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

Trial by jury. Live wherever you can make a living. How could a government based...

Trial by jury. Live wherever you can make a living. How could a government based...

The great wars of the 20th Century made it into the worst Century ever.

The great wars of the 20th Century made it into the worst Century ever.

I'm no politician. I'm an historian who has learned through a lifetime of studying that...

I'm no politician. I'm an historian who has learned through a lifetime of studying that...

Washington, not Jefferson, freed his slaves upon his death.

Washington, not Jefferson, freed his slaves upon his death.

My favorite book is the last one printed, which is always better than those that...

My favorite book is the last one printed, which is always better than those that...