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

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I've always tried to be fair to my subjects. That's easy when they are as likable and admirable as Lewis and Clark, or Eisenhower.

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Writing is not the easiest way to make a living. Your work long hours, usually all by yourself. It is not a way to make money.

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Who today is willing to say that Texas and California and the remainder of the Southwest would be better off if they were governed by Mexico?

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We are part of a country that outshines those that have gone before us and most of those in existence today.

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

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

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Trial by jury. Live wherever you can make a living. How could a government based on such principles fail?

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To be a slaveholder meant one had to regard the African American as inferior in every way.

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

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Historian

Born: January 10th, 1936

Died: October 13th, 2002

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