CARLSON,
R. PAUL

(b.June 17, 1935) is history professor at Maine Township High School (East) in Park Ridge, Illinois, having taught in the township 45 years. He has a B.A. from Monmouth College, M.A. from Northwestern, M.E.D. from College of William and Mary, and L.H.D. from Ripon College.

Dr. R. Paul Carlson stated:

Those failing to understand the chess game of politics and history eventually become the pawns of others.3879

A list of quotations from his lectures include:

An American kneels only to his God—Colonel William Crittenden

Remember the Alamo!—Colonel Sidney Sherman

The greatest glory of a freeborn people it to transmit that freedom to their children.—William Harvard

I have not yet begun to fight.—John Paul Jones

We have met the enemy, and they are ours.—Commander Oliver Perry

Hold the fort, for I am coming!—General Sherman

The fate of unborn millions will now depend, under God, on the courage and conduct of this Army.—General George Washington

No one can replace him, sir; I am only his successor.—Jefferson (on Franklin)

Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God.—George Washington

Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst, and cold.—Jefferson

Lost time is never found again.—Franklin

There’s a time to wink as well as to see.—Franklin

God helps them that help themselves.—Franklin

Half a truth is often a great lie.—Franklin

Damn the torpedoes … Full speed ahead!—Admiral Farragut

Face the other way, boys; We’re going back!—General Sheridan

We ask no quarter and shall give none.—Colonel Christopher Greene

Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes!—General Putnam

No, this is a service for my country, and it doesn’t matter whether I do it as an officer or as a plainsman. The big thing is to do it.—Kit Carson

Fifty-four, forty, or fight.—William Allen3880