I like American history.

For most of our history no one dared to tell Americans 'you don't build that.'

The great and abiding lesson of American history particularly the cold war is that the engine of capitalism the individual is mightier than any collective.

When President Obama entered the White House the economy was in a free-fall. The auto industry: on its back. The banks: frozen up. More than three million Americans had already lost their jobs. And America's bravest our men and women in uniform were fighting what would soon be the longest wars in our history.

I don't see women and think of them as competition or with judgment. Women really move me. I feel connected to all kinds of women. I am angry because I think we've been mistreated throughout history in different countries including America. I admire women.

If America wants to retain its position as a global power its president must listen to the people and show strong leadership at this turning point in human history.

Violence is a part of America. I don't want to single out rap music. Let's be honest. America's the most violent country in the history of the world that's just the way it is. We're all affected by it.

I think it was my study of history that convinced me that the Democratic Party was more on the side of the average American.

Let me tell you never before in the history of this planet has anybody made the progress that African-Americans have made in a 30-year period in spite of many black folks and white folks lying to one another.

September 11 was terrible but if one goes back over the history of the IRA what happened to the Americans wasn't that terrible.