The American Story Quotes

“The acquisition of knowledge without the ability to think is merely indoctrination.”
― David Barton, The American Story: Building the Republic

“Carter Woodson (1875-1950), a famous black historian known as “The Father of Black History,” conducted extensive research in US census data. He found that according to the 1830 US Census, 43% of free black households in South Carolina owned black slaves—as did 40% of free black households in Louisiana, 26% in Mississippi, 25% in Alabama, and 20% in Georgia.124 And blacks owned slaves in the North as well as the South.125”
― David Barton, The American Story: Building the Republic

“Duty is ours, results are God’s.”
― David Barton, The American Story: Building the Republic

“to uphold the Constitution, help the country, and serve the people—”
― David Barton, The American Story: Building the Republic