Ken Burns
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Thank you.
You know, I think if I were...
Given a thousand years to live, which I will not, I wouldn't run out of topics in American history.
And there's something just incredibly wonderful about saying that, particularly in tough times where we sometimes avoid the tough times.
But history is so instructive.
We were way more divided during our revolution, way more divided, obviously, during our Civil War, way more divided during the Depression, way more divided during the Vietnam years.
I mean, we tend to think as kind of narcissists.
Dick Chicken Littles, that our time is the worst.
It's got to be bad.
And history is there to say, you know what?
I had a friend in the financial services, you'll appreciate this, who came to me after the 08 meltdown and he said, this is a depression.
And I said, you know...