This, then, is a story of Lincoln’s political genius revealed through his extraordinary array of personal qualities that enabled him to form friendships with men who had previously opposed him; to rep...
Tolstoy went on to observe, This little incident proves how largely the name of Lincoln is worshipped throughout the world and how legendary his personality has become. Now, why was Lincoln so great t...
Tolstoy went on to observe,This little incident proves how largely the name of Lincoln is worshipped throughout the world and how legendary his personality has become. Now, why was Lincoln so great th...
Washington was a typical American. Napoleon was a typical Frenchman, but Lincoln was a humanitarian as broad as the world. He was bigger than his country—bigger than all the Presidents together.
Washington
We must treat each man on his worth and merits as a man. We must see that each is given a square deal, because he is entitled to no more and should receive no less.
What had become of the singular ascending ambition that had driven young Roosevelt from his earliest days? What explains his willingness, against the counsel of his most trusted friends, to accept see...
With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed.
York boss William Barnes issued an acid personal attack: Mr. Roosevelt’s departure for Chicago was inevitable. Undignified as it is, and impotent as it will prove to be, its chief interest lies in the...
Days,
Fishwife,
Indefatigable
No man is superior, unless it was by merit, and no man is inferior, unless by his demerit.
Persuaded editors and publishers at a dozen leading
Surly
When I make up my mind to do a thing, I act.
Lincoln reflecting on) George Washington's words: It is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national union to your collective and individual happiness; that...
A government had better go to the very extreme of toleration, than to do aught that could be construed into an interference with, or to jeopardize in any degree, the common rights of its citizens.
After a quarter of a century in politics, Roosevelt observed, he had found that change was realized by men who take the next step; not those who theorize about the 200th step.
All one can do is to prepare oneself, to wait in readiness for what might come.
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