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It's not painful to relive it. I'm comfortable with my position in American history. ↗

— Rodney King

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I started drumming around the same time I came across this part of American history. But there seemed to be a way forward playing drums. There didn't seem to be a way forward being fascinated by a piece of history. ↗

— Phil Collins

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

— Herbert Croly

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When I was in school, all our history books were American, so we learned American history, not Canadian history. ↗

— Dave Foley

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The whole westward expansion myth is seen as romantic. But it's a joke, a blot on American history. ↗

— Frank Waters

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The arc of American history almost inevitably moves toward freedom. Whether it's Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation, the expansion of women's rights or, now, gay rights, I think there is an almost-inevitable march toward greater civil liberties. ↗

— James McGreevey

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I was right about one of the most significant issues in modern American history. I was the only one who was right about one of the most significant issues in modern American history. ↗

— Scott Ritter

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The Declaration of Independence is a sacred part of American history. ↗

— Paul Gillmor

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I'm covering the worst president in American history. ↗

— Helen Thomas

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