“Newt Gingrich seldom misses a chance to note that he is a historian.” — Adam Hochschild Quote

“Newt Gingrich seldom misses a chance to note that he is a historian.”

“I think that, in almost all human beings, there is buried a profound tribal instinct that makes us very susceptible to being aroused to patriotic fervour.”

“The first World War in so many ways shaped the 20th century and really remade our world for the worse.”

“Steve Van Zandt is a very intelligent, smart guy. He's a historian, he knows a lot about rock n' roll, a lot about music.”

“As a historian, what I trust is my ability to take a mass of information and tell a story shaped around it.”

“The historian will tell you what happened. The novelist will tell you what it felt like.”