"I think this [rigid thinking that treats history as a political weapon] is the greatest threat to our republic ever. Not the Depression, not World War II, not the Civil War. This is it … This moment of all these intersecting viruses, of novel coronaviruses and of racial injustice — [a] 402-year-old-virus. And it’s an age-old human virus of lying and misinformation and paranoia and conspiracy. This is the pill that will kill us unless we do something."
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Ken Burns quoted in "Opinion: Ken Burns is an optimist. But he’s very worried about America" by Alyssa Rosenberg, in The Washington Post (24 June 2021)
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