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David McCullough Quotes: You can't be a full participant in our democracy if you don't know our history.
         

You can't be a full participant in our democracy if you don't know our history.


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To me history ought to be a source of pleasure. It isn't just part of our civic responsibility. To me it's an enlargement of the experience of being alive, just the way literature or art or music is.

To me history ought to be a source of pleasure. It isn't just part of our civic responsibility. To me it's an enlargement of the experience of being alive, just the way literature or art or music is.



Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.

Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.



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Never assume that people in positions of responsibility are behaving responsibly.



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Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.



And read… read all the time… read as a matter of principle, as a matter of self-respect. Read as a nourishing staple of life.

And read… read all the time… read as a matter of principle, as a matter of self-respect. Read as a nourishing staple of life.



History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.

History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.



Books can change your life. Some of the most influential people in our lives are characters we meet in books.

Books can change your life. Some of the most influential people in our lives are characters we meet in books.



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Courage is contagious. If a leader shows courage, others get the idea.





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