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The antidote to feel-good history is not feel-bad history but honest and inclusive history.


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Those who don't remember the past are condemned to repeat the eleventh grade.

Those who don't remember the past are condemned to repeat the eleventh grade.



People have a right to their own opinions, but not to their own facts. Evidence must be located, not created, and opinions not backed by evidence cannot be given much weight.

People have a right to their own opinions, but not to their own facts. Evidence must be located, not created, and opinions not backed by evidence cannot be given much weight.



Students will start finding history interesting when their teachers and textbooks stop lying to them.

Students will start finding history interesting when their teachers and textbooks stop lying to them.



History is important. More than any other topic, it is about us. Whether one deems our present society wondrous or awful or both, history reveals how we got to this point.

History is important. More than any other topic, it is about us. Whether one deems our present society wondrous or awful or both, history reveals how we got to this point.



Conclusions are not always pleasant.

Conclusions are not always pleasant.



There's no excuse therefore, for a 1,152 page book. I think we should all be using 300-page paperbacks. These exist.

There's no excuse therefore, for a 1,152 page book. I think we should all be using 300-page paperbacks. These exist.



Many Americans have never owned a book, and I'm not talking about because of the recent digital revolution. I'm talking about before there even was a digital revolution.

Many Americans have never owned a book, and I'm not talking about because of the recent digital revolution. I'm talking about before there even was a digital revolution.



We preach democracy while supporting dictatorships.

We preach democracy while supporting dictatorships.



I'm looking forward to the future, which is a good thing, because it's coming.

I'm looking forward to the future, which is a good thing, because it's coming.



The layout of textbooks, I think, has been done with an assumption that students don't read.

The layout of textbooks, I think, has been done with an assumption that students don't read.





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Doesn't the expansiveness of this make you think of the good Lord? Except we know the ocean ends while He goes on forever.

Doesn't the expansiveness of this make you think of the good Lord? Except we know the ocean ends while He goes on forever.



I have made a silent compact with myself not to change a line of what I write. I am not interested in perfecting my thoughts, nor my actions.

I have made a silent compact with myself not to change a line of what I write. I am not interested in perfecting my thoughts, nor my actions.



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Ive never seen myself as a fantasy writer-ever.



It's just that the times I'm wrong don't register in your memory with as much clarity as the times I'm right.

It's just that the times I'm wrong don't register in your memory with as much clarity as the times I'm right.



The students were missing out a lot in their ensemble playing because they weren't listening to each other or the environment.

The students were missing out a lot in their ensemble playing because they weren't listening to each other or the environment.



Thank God for the iron in the blood of our fathers

Thank God for the iron in the blood of our fathers



Red is a strong, happy, optimistic color, and I like having fun with it, you know? Like, when colors clash - I love that strangeness.

Red is a strong, happy, optimistic color, and I like having fun with it, you know? Like, when colors clash - I love that strangeness.



Strength is but one aspect of power.

Strength is but one aspect of power.




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