Who owns history? Everyone and no one--which is why the study of the past is a constantly evolving, never-ending journey of discovery.

Freedom has been privatized - it is how you dress, what your sexual orientation is, choosing your own life. That's fine. But that is not what Thomas Jefferson was talking about.

A new future requires a new past.

Lincoln sees slavery in some ways as a theft of labor. A slave is a laborer who is being denied the fruits of his labor.

I admire Lincoln enormously and I think what's interesting about Lincoln is how he changes, it's not that he held the same view throughout his life.

I don't [even] know the number of books on Abraham Lincoln. Ten thousand, twelve thousand? I have seen various numbers. It seems like every generation is always trying to come to terms with Lincoln.

Successful teaching rests both on a genuine and selfless concern for students and on the ability to convey to them a love of history.

If you see a person who is suffering from misery and sadness, wash it away with your compassion and kindness.

There is a difference between the truth and what we wish were true.

An artist's sphere of influence is the world.

My soul is always lifted up, and my spirit cheered and comforted, when I hear good music. I rejoice in it very much indeed.

Man does not live by bread alone. Many prefer self-respect to food.

So often in TV, when you have an antagonist who's supposed to be the 'big baddie,' it's so easy for them to become cliched.

Is it...dead?" asked Tom, his voice all quivery with fright. "A town just ran over him," said Hester. "I shouldn't think he's very well.

Entrepreneurial business favours the open mind. It favours people whose optimism drives them to prepare for many possible futures, pretty much purely for the joy of doing so.

Women need to feel loved and men need to feel needed.

I won't tolerate lying.