David C. McCullough Quotes

"Reading history is good for all of us," he says, not surprisingly, perhaps, but his rationale is a fresh, somewhat bracing thought: "If you know history, you know that there is no such thing as a self-made man or self-made woman. We are shaped by people we have never met. Yes, reading history will make you a better citizen and more appreciative of the law, and of freedom, and of how the economy works or doesn`t work, but it is also an immense pleasure'”the way art is, or music is, or poetry is. And it`s never stale."

History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.