The outlaw, in the American imagination, is a subject of romance - a 'good' bad man, he is typically a master of escape, a crack shot, a ladies' man.
Copy Quote View & ShareOne of the things I believe strongly in is developing institutions - legal, press, bureaucracies, academies - that are rooted in the pursuit of impartial truth. That aren't simply just bent to partisan ends or are corrupted for the powerful or for other ulterior motives.
Copy Quote View & ShareThere's a tendency when we write history to do it with the power of hindsight and then assume almost god-like knowledge that nobody living through history has.
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