American history contains much matter for pride and congratulation, and much matter for regret and humiliation.

The first phase of American political history was characterized by the conflict between the Federalists and the Republicans, and it resulted in the complete triumph of the latter.

There's so much in American history that has been hidden and shunned.

The average American is nothing if not patriotic.

When the Promise of American life is conceived as a national ideal, whose fulfillment is a matter of artful and laborious work, the effect thereof is substantially to identify the national purpose with the social problem.

Black history is American history.