I think the first important thing is that usually most textbooks are not written by their authors. And so by author I mean the people who did not write them; so it's a new definition of "author."

The antidote to feel-good history is not feel-bad history but honest and inclusive history.

Those who don't remember the past are condemned to repeat the eleventh grade.

People have a right to their own opinions, but not to their own facts. Evidence must be located, not created, and opinions not backed by evidence cannot be given much weight.

Students will start finding history interesting when their teachers and textbooks stop lying to them.

History is important. More than any other topic, it is about us. Whether one deems our present society wondrous or awful or both, history reveals how we got to this point.

Conclusions are not always pleasant.

There's no excuse therefore, for a 1,152 page book. I think we should all be using 300-page paperbacks. These exist.

Many Americans have never owned a book, and I'm not talking about because of the recent digital revolution. I'm talking about before there even was a digital revolution.

We preach democracy while supporting dictatorships.

I'm looking forward to the future, which is a good thing, because it's coming.

Mix with positive-minded people as a means to tap into your unexploited potential.

It is good for children to find themselves facing the elements of a fairy tale - they are well-equipped to deal with these

The real nature of an ethic is that it does not become an ethic unless and until it goes into action.

Our worth is determined by the good deed we do, rather than by the fine emotions we feel.

I found things in the woods that I didn’t know I was looking for… and now I’ll never be the same.

Whenever I have that sad, depressed feeling, I go out and kill a policeman.

You know what's the sexiest thing of all? A little mystery.

I've never known a time when the in-fighting in the Labour Party was so bitter.

It's a bit embarrassing watching myself, but I couldn't get someone else to play me, that would've been stupid.

Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.