Joseph J. Ellis Quotes

Joseph J. Ellis — American Writer

Joseph John Ellis is an American historian and professor whose work focuses on the lives and times of the founders of the United States of America. American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson won a National Book Award and Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for History. Both these books were bestsellers... (wikipedia)

And the only thing to do with a sin is to confess, do penance and then, after some kind of decent interval, ask for forgiveness.

Even in the best of lives, mistakes are made.

I believe I am an honorable man.

To my three sons, Peter, Scott, and Alexander who pulled me from the 18th Century and back into the present on a regular basis and therefore made me a better person, thank you. And to my wife, who sits at the table there. Who is right about almost everything.

I would say readers can trust my work more than anyone else's.

Joseph J. Ellis Quotes

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