“History belongs to everyone. I don't think you have to give up scholar...” — Margaret MacMillan Quote

“History belongs to everyone. I don't think you have to give up scholarly standards. But I also don't think you want to write something that is impenetrable. You try as hard as you can to be readable.”

“A lot of my father's family in Canada volunteered in the First World War because they saw it as a war that was defending the mother country.”

“American diplomats worked closely with the League of Nations. The United States used its considerable influence to settle some of the outstanding issues left over from World War I, and Washington took the lead in negotiating naval limitations in the Pacific.”

“Imagination is not the exclusive appanage of artists, but belongs in varying degrees to all men.”

“The election result is not a victory that belongs to me or my party.”

“Americans have a lower opinion of Congress than they do of the NFL replacement refs, head lice, traffic jams, cockroaches and even the group to which yours truly belongs - Washington political pundits.”