They might not look like soldiers, they might not know much about drill, and soldier's life . . . and etiquette, and restrictions of rank . . . . ... but they knew how to get things done.

I have to tell you, of all of Washington's strengths, his greatest strength was that he would not quit,

The Johnstown flood was not an act of God or nature. It was brought by human failure, human shortsightedness and selfishness.

Hyper-linking is a form of etiquette. It's a way of tapping someone on the shoulder with a sign of respect.

Doing good makes you great. Bad things take away from good ones. Practicing Netiquette is all good. NetworkEtiquette.net

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."

[The Title Always Comes Last; NEH 2003 Jefferson Lecturer interview profile]