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"My favorite book is the last one printed, which is always better than those that were published earlier."
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"If I'm out trailriding, I have a favorite motorcycle. Riding on the road, I've got a favorite. If I'm jumping, I have a favorite, and if I'm racing, I have a favorite."

"Alinsky's 1971 book, "Rules for Radicals," is a favorite of the Obamas. Michele Obama quoted it at the Democratic Convention. One Alinsky tactic is to "Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it." That's what the White House did in targeting Rush Limbaugh, Rick Santelli and Jim Cramer."

"My favorite episode of Stargate? All of them! My favorite episode of Parker Lewis? All of them!"

"My favorite monologue in the book is Kate Harrington's story of her relationship with Truman."

"They're my favorite two words these days: Oscar reject."
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"I'm no politician. I'm an historian who has learned through a lifetime of studying that nothing in the world beats universal education."


"Winning the Revolutionary War, or the Civil War, or World War II were the turning points in our history, the sine qua non of our forward progress."


"Eisenhower is my choice as the American of the 20th Century. Of all the men I've studied and written about, he is the brightest and the best."


"The Canadians have managed to live peacefully with their Indians. It is disgrace that the United States has not done the same."


"My favorite book is the last one printed, which is always better than those that were published earlier."


"The American Constitution is the greatest governing document, and at some 7,000 words, just about the shortest."
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