American corporations hate to give away money.
The war in Vietnam I thought a dreadful mistake.
The great wars of the 20th Century made it into the worst Century ever.
Like their predecessors, the Presidents of today just throw up their hands.
The Canadians have managed to live peacefully with their Indians. It is disgrace that the United States has not done the same.
We are part of a country that outshines those that have gone before us and most of those in existence today.
We know how to win wars. We must learn now to win peace...
Reading your own material aloud forces you to listen.
Trial by jury. Live wherever you can make a living. How could a government based on such principles fail?
Within Easy Company they had made the best friends they had ever had, or would ever have. They were prepared to die for each other; more important, they were prepared to kill for each other.
In one of his last newsletters, Mike Ranney wrote: “In thinking back on the days of Easy Company, I’m treasuring my remark to a grandson who asked, ‘Grandpa, were you a hero in the war?’ No,‘” I answered, ’but I served in a company of heroes.
As to the Indians, the guiding principle was, promise them anything just so long as they get out of the way.
Writing is not the easiest way to make a living. Your work long hours, usually all by yourself. It is not a way to make money.
Jefferson owned slaves. He did not believe that all were created equal. He was a racist.
There are many more want-to-be writers out there than good editors.
Washington, not Jefferson, freed his slaves upon his death.
Who today is willing to say that Texas and California and the remainder of the Southwest would be better off if they were governed by Mexico?
Eisenhower had the clearest blue eyes. He would fix them on you. In my every interview with him, he would lock his eyes on to mine and keep them there.
Nixon regarded himself as having been cheated by life. He never got my vote.
Oftentimes the fascinating thing is that people who are seen as commanding figures at the moment that they were considered for President and did not run turned out to be treated by history as much more minor figures politically.