Ken Burns
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
He didn't know how it was going to turn out.
Even when the French came in on our side, he was worried when the British took Charleston.
He really thought, okay, this is over.
I'm not going to be able to pull it off.
And if you have the arrogance of the present thinking, ah, well, we know how it turned out.
Then you miss the interiors of the contingency.
Good history is staying tuned because you think it might not turn out the way you know it did.
I have lots of people who write me letters or stop me on the street and say, you know, I watched the civil war again.
And I went into that last episode thinking maybe this time at Ford's theater, the gun will jam.
And I just give them a hug.
And I said, hallelujah.
I want that gun to jam.
He always gets killed.
He always gets killed.