After all, when the world looks to America, they look to us because we are the most successful political and economic experiment in human history.

History is a people's memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals.

Storytelling in general is a communal act. Throughout human history, people would gather around, whether by the fire or at a tavern, and tell stories. One person would chime in, then another, maybe someone would repeat a story they heard already but with a different spin. It's a collective process.

There is little for the great part of the history of the world except the bitter tears of pity and the hot tears of wrath.

I feel like I'm too busy writing history to read it.