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

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... view

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American is the first democratic nation-state... view

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I was taught by professors who had done their schooling in the 1930s. Most of them were scornful of, even hated, big business... view

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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?.. view

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The Canadians have managed to live peacefully with their Indians. It is disgrace that the United States has not done the same... view

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In 1945, there were more people killed, more buildings destroyed, more high explosives set off, more fires burning than before or since... view

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Custer had dead heroes. Crazy Horse had only live ones... view

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Reading your own material aloud forces you to listen... view

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It does you no good to see the number two or number three man in the corporation-you have to get through to number one... view

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

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You don't hate history, you hate the way it was taught to you in high school... view

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Nixon regarded himself as having been cheated by life. He never got my vote... view

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