For all kinds of reasons, it is more difficult to track women's lives. Women's words have simply been considered less important, so they have been preserved less often.

It is important for us to remember that black people have been patriotic and have fought for that American dream in every American war.

You have to decide what is extraneous and what is central. There is always more to tell. If you want to have a finished product, at some point you have to say "enough."

Ultimately a historian has to put together a cohesive work. That doesn't mean that your curiosity is ever totally satisfied.

I don't care what problem you face

Don’t box your children in and tell them that everything is a sin. You’ll produce either rebels, or very boring people.

I really do believe I can accomplish a great deal with a big grin, I know some people find that disconcerting, but that doesn't matter.

Make your breaking point your turning point.

I think that sacrifices of animals in the name of religion are barbarous and they degrade the name of religion.

Something is always happening somewhere.

Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.

Love cannot be learned or taught. Love comes as Grace.

I'm looking forward to seeing more of the US, and hopefully spending some of the summer in Europe playing festivals. It's early days though, so who knows.

The Constitution deals with substance, not shadows.