The American Revolution was carried out in the name of the people, and it was supposedly 'We, the people, ' who created the government that Americans still live under.

History at its best is vicarious experience.

A historian should not be didactic-that is a word that makes my blood run cold.

Who would think it possible to redirect historical scholarship by explaining what Thomas Jefferson said in the Declaration of Independence?

The three hundredth anniversary of the Salem witch trials of 1692 comes at a time when witchcraft commands a scholarly attention that would have been puzzling in 1892 or even in 1792.

After all, the fear is the thing which keep us alive, why do you want to get rid of it??

The Bible . . . is the only Book that offers man a redemption and points the way out of his dilemmas. It is our one sure guide in an unsure world.

The world is for you and for the ones who roll out the carpet, even if it's tattered. They're scattered all over. And if you look carefully, they can help you find your way home, wherever you are.

Every time I so much as blink you get an erection.

Every time we've moved ahead in IBM, it was because someone was willing to take a chance, put his head on the block, and try something new.

I don't believe in inspiration that arrives like a bolt from the blue ... It seems to me that the more motivated I am by what I film, the more objectively I film.

Although abortion has been legal nationwide for more than a quarter century, access remains difficult for many women.

Australia and New Zealand are now threatened by the might of the Imperial Japanese forces, and both of them should know that any resistance is futile.

In our day there are no longer any ideas, or they are scarcer than hens' teeth.

I don't do anything to try to change people's perceptions of me. I tend to think that's sort of an ego driven thing.