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The Barack who was so successful in Illinois in a Republican-controlled legislative situation for most of his time and who was a very outspoken progressive voice, that's not the man who we ended up having as president.

~David Garrow

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'Dreams from My Father' was not a memoir or an autobiography; it was instead, in multitudinous ways, without any question a work of historical fiction.

~David Garrow

Topics: Any Autobiography Dreams Father Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Instead Memoir Question Ways Without Work

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Dr. King, if he were alive today, probably would simply be a minister, a pastor. His initial intent was, indeed, just to be a preacher. He didn't have any egotistical desire or need to be a public figure or celebrity. He got drafted - or, really, dragged into it - initially in Montgomery.

~David Garrow

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Once you choose to run for president of the United States and succeed, your earlier life, your biography, is a major part of American history.

~David Garrow

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I'm a pro forma Bernie Sanders donor. In years past, when Michael Harrington was still alive, I was a very active member of Democratic Socialists of America.

~David Garrow

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I have very purposely never signed up with commercial lecture agencies as most, I think, prominent historical authors do because, to me, that's a contradiction of who I believe I am given my absorption of the teaching of Martin Luther King, Jr.

~David Garrow

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I first started reading about Barack and taking notes when he won the Iowa caucuses in January 2008 because I was embarrassed that, at that point, I knew virtually nothing about him.

~David Garrow

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One of the great challenges of being a modern historian is interviewing multiple people who were all there for something, some event. No one's version matches up 100% with other people's, even if it's three or four people on a conference call.

~David Garrow

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Healthcare in the U.S. remains a dire mess, and the Obama presidency, unfortunately, didn't really address that.

~David Garrow

Topics: Address Dire Healthcare Mess Obama Presidency Really Remains Unfortunately

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With Barack, there's an emotional need to succeed, to win, to obtain victory. He always believes that he's the smartest person in the room.

~David Garrow

Topics: Always Barack Believes Emotional He Need Obtain Person Room Smartest Succeed Victory Win

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Historian

Born: May 11th, 1953

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