“The question is whether a confident Europe will be a rival for North A...” — Norman Davies Quote

“The question is whether a confident Europe will be a rival for North America - or whether they will work together and become a more unified bloc.”

“States seem to have a natural life cycle, and anything can occur to change them into something else, and that something might be no bad thing.”

“I do belong to the club which doesn't see a distinction between academic history and popular history.”

“America is a country that doesn't know where it is going but is determined to set a speed record getting there.”

“When President Kennedy set us on a path to the Moon in the 1960s, he knew exactly why - to produce a photo-op that would clearly show America would be the winner in the decades-long battle of political systems called the Cold War.”

“So the America I came to know growing up was filled with all the excitement and possibilities found in living the American dream.”