American History

Famous quotes containing the words american and/or history:

    “It seems that American patriotism measures itself against an outcast group. The right Americans are the right Americans because they’re not like the wrong Americans, who are not really Americans.”
    —Eric J. Hobsbawm (b. 1917)

    “It’s not the sentiments of men which make history but their actions.”
    —Norman Mailer (b. 1923)