“We need a new, deeper appreciation of the ethnic histories of the American people, not a reduction of American history to ethnic histories.”

“The lesson of history is that no one learns.”

“For more than a century ideological extremists at either end of the political spectrum have seized upon well-publicized incidents such as my encounter with Castro to attack the Rockefeller family for the inordinate influence they claim we wield over American political and economic institutions. Some even believe we are part of a secret cabal working against the best interests of the United States, characterizing my family and me as 'internationalists' and of conspiring with others around the world to build a more integrated global political and economic structure--one world, if you will. If that's the charge, I stand guilty, and I am proud of it.”

“The following twenty years would be the nadir of American Indian history, as the total Indian population between 1890 and 1910 fell to fewer than 250,000. (It was not until 1917 that Indian births exceeded deaths for the first time in fifty years.)”

“And long after the history of all the big things that make the front pages are forgotten, what God has done through you and a few people will be history.”

“Americans Never Quit. We never surrender. We never hide from history. We Make History.-John McCain”

“The idiot willingness to choose sides is what feeds the abattoir of history.”