Crazy Horse saw history as integrated in the present, incorporated into daily life.

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Washington and Jefferson were both rich Virginia planters, but they were never friends.

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Jefferson owned slaves. He did not believe that all were created equal. He was a racist.

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I thought Nixon was the worst President we had ever had, save only perhaps Andrew Johnson.

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To be a slaveholder meant one had to regard the African American as inferior in every way.

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Immigrants do more than help us win our wars, or set up cleaning shops or ethnic restaurants.

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Even before Watergate and his resignation, Nixon had inspired conflicting and passionate emotions.

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World War II, the atomic bomb, the Cold War, made it hard for Americans to continue their optimism.

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My favorite book is the last one printed, which is always better than those that were published earlier.

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Trial by jury. Live wherever you can make a living. How could a government based on such principles fail?

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