I Believe I Am An Honorable Man.

Even In The Best Of Lives, Mistakes Are Made.

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.

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.

Lincoln Once Said That America Was Founded On A Proposition That Was Written By Jefferson In 1776. We Are Really Founded On An Argument About What That Proposition Means.