Quotes by : David McCullough

On a medical school professor noted for slowly, carefully interviewing the patient: "He taught the love....

My next book is also set in the eighteenth century. It's about the Revolution, with the focus on the....

Indeed, bribery, favoritism, and corruption in a great variety of forms were rampant not only in politics,....

Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives. - John Adams

Remove yourself, sir!

The author perceives nuances of Abigail Adams' character in the occasional errors she makes in readily....

[While writing history], I've kept the most interesting company imaginable with people long gone. Some....

To me, history ought to be a source of pleasure. It isn't just part of our civic responsibility. To me,....

Those for whom things came easily usually made less of an effort, not more.

You've got to marinate your head, in that time and culture.You've got to become them."(Speaking about....