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You can't be a full participant in our democracy if you don't know our history.

[It could be argued that the Johnstown flood of 1889 wasn't a natural disaster at all, but the inevitable consequence of humans thinking they could control nature. Whatever the cause, the day after a dam burst, unleashing 20 million tons of water on the residents of Johnstown, Pa., and its neighboring boroughs, the area looked like] a vast sea of muck and rubble and filthy water, ... The Johnstown Flood.

was the biggest news event in America since the assassination of Lincoln in 1865.

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

People ask me when I start one of these projects, what is your theme? I haven’t the faintest idea. That’s why you’re writing the book, it seems to me, to find out. To me, it’s a journey. It’s an adventure. It’s traveling in a country you’ve never been in and everything is going to be new, and because of that, vivid. And don’t make up your mind too soon. Let it be an experience.

Because of No Child Left Behind, sadly, history is being put on the back burner or taken off the stove altogether in many or most schools, in favor of math and reading,

I came across a lot of material I wanted to use for the Adams book and wasn't able to,

May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof.

I think how pleased he and Abigail would be if they were here to see how we've gathered today, ... to see the country they so loved still independent, still united and thriving, still strong, still free, and this grand old house looking so magnificent.

The problem with Adams,

We can know a lot by (Adams') friends and his loyalty to them, ... In the face of political disagreements and eccentricities, it's an inspiring example of how much friends can mean in life.

dropping the key in the box and slipping away in the night.

It's a mistake and a great shame,

It couldn't have happened on a more appropriate day, given that she's been so much involved all along.

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