Quotes from Tom Brokaw

A common lament of the World War II generation is the absence today of personal responsibility

I was still in college when 'To Kill a Mockingbird' came out in 1960. I remember it had a kind of an electrifying effect on this country; this was a time when there were a lot of good books coming out.

walked everywhere. He hated getting rides.

His life before the triumph that defined his legacy was a reminder of the importance of patience, courage, and the absence of self-pity.

Martin Luther

present visitors with a tiny beaded pin of the American and Irish flags. It was a big turnout the day I was there, eighteen

Father Joe Collins

I hoped that as time passed I would be able to raise the cancer shade and allow more light into my daily life. Until then it is CANCER EVERY WAKING MOMENT and the realization that it will be with me until the end, by whatever means.

Henry Kissinger once said of this former World War II Marine, "If I had to entrust the United States to one man, George Shultz would be my choice." Schlesinger

promoted to captain and given command of a company

Rich got a plan for living. Poor got a plan for dying.

assisting in the capture of the 21st German army, which was trying to avoid the Russian troops advancing from the other direction. Ko and his

The educated class knows the value of good health to quality of life and is willing to pay for it. The poor are more likely to trap themselves in a culture of smoking, poor nutrition, obesity, drugs, and only sporadic attention from a physician.

On the Cancer Frontier

how to prepare a young generation to run a large, modern, and complex industrial society. Nearly

no one in any commercial seems to be unhappy or angry, whatever the circumstances.

primitive kitchens and rudimentary laundry

Nazi realm. Japan continued its brutal and genocidal war against the Chinese; and in Russia, Stalin was presiding over show trials, deporting thousands to Siberia, and summarily executing his rivals in the Communist party. The Spanish

decorated with the

he had saved his country with a pact negotiated with Hitler at Munich. He returned to England to declare, "I believe it is peace for our time . . . peace with honor." It was neither. At home, Roosevelt was in his second term, trying to balance the continuing need for extraordinary efforts to revive the economy with what he knew was the

great peril abroad. Congress passed the Fair Labor Standards Act, setting a limit on hours worked and a minimum wage. The federal government began a system of parity payments to farmers and subsidized foreign wheat sales. In

He tells another story about all that dust in those days.

He tells another story about all that dust in those days. "My

American Cancer Society estimates that in 2015 1,658,370 new cancer cases will be diagnosed and that in the same year about 1,600 people will die from cancer-related conditions daily.