Author: Douglas Brinkley

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If you're a Kennedy and you go to Italy or you go to Argentina, you're treated as royalty. And in the United States, we're endlessly fascinated by the family.

If you're a Kennedy and you go to Italy or you go to Argentina, you're treated as royalty. And in the United States, we're endlessly fascinated by the family.

- Douglas Brinkley

I feel like I'm always learning from people.

I feel like I'm always learning from people.

- Douglas Brinkley

President Abraham Lincoln never lost his ardor for the United States to remain united during the Civil War.

President Abraham Lincoln never lost his ardor for the United States to remain united during the Civil War.

- Douglas Brinkley

How one deals with the death of a loved one is a highly personalized affair. Some people weep for days; others take a hike in the woods or count rosary beads.

How one deals with the death of a loved one is a highly personalized affair. Some people weep for days; others take a hike in the woods or count rosary beads.

- Douglas Brinkley

We can only imagine the history of the free world today if, at the end of the Civil War, there had been two countries: the United States and the Confederate States of America.

We can only imagine the history of the free world today if, at the end of the Civil War, there had been two countries: the United States and the Confederate States of America.

- Douglas Brinkley

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