Quotes by : Nathaniel Philbrick

I had a great AP U.S. History teacher in Pittsburgh. We still exchange Christmas cards. She was the first....

Washington worked very hard to create his legacy. Even before the War of Independence was over, he was....

How much of assumed national and personal character comes from the fact that we have never truly known....

In all natural disasters through time, man needs to attach meaning to tragedy, no matter how random and....

When I was at Brown, I wanted to write the great American novel, but I was too scared to take a creative....

Faint not, poor soul, in God still trust;Fear not the things thou suffer must;For, whom he loves he doth....

Instead of being a page-turner, 'Moby-Dick' is a repository of American history and culture and the essentials....

To be in the presence of a great leader is to know a blighted soul who has managed to make the darkness....

A good leader has to at some point trust those around him; otherwise, nothing constructive is going to....