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“No harm's done to history by making it something someone would want to read."
(The Course of Human Events, NEH Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities 2003)”
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(The Course of Human Events, NEH Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities 2003)”
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“You've got to marinate your head, in that time and culture.
You've got to become them."
(Speaking about researching, and reading, and immersing yourself in History)”
― John Adams
You've got to become them."
(Speaking about researching, and reading, and immersing yourself in History)”
― John Adams
“Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.”
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“I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.”
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“Any nation that expects to be ignorant and free," Jefferson said, "expects what never was and never will be." And if the gap between the educated and the uneducated in America continues to grow as it is in our time, as fast as or faster than the gap between the rich and the poor, the gap between the educated and the uneducated is going to be of greater consequence and the more serious threat to our way of life. We must not, by any means, misunderstand that.”
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Anne’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Anne’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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