We need a new, deeper appreciation of the ethnic histories of the American people, not a reduction of American history to ethnic histories.

To his own children he was at once the ultimate voice of authority and, when time allowed, their most exuberant companion. He never fired their imaginations or made them laugh as their mother could, but he was unfailingly interested in them, sympathetic, confiding, entering into their lives in ways few fathers ever do. It was a though he was in league with them.

Another grave fault in our election system is that the campaigns are unduly strung out. [Election Administration in the United States, 1934, page 72]

As for the politicians, like everyone else in America, they were motivated by money, not ideals.

Indeed, it's not a stretch to say that most voters no longer choose their representatives; instead, representatives choose their voters.

You can tell there's an election coming soon. People are already using the word "fundamentally" in excess.