“ He did something he rarely did. He decided not to see things from the other guy's point of view. H.W. Brands
“ He understood the code of his social class enough to affect an air of indifference about life. H.W. Brands
“ It may be that the voice of the people is the voice of God 51 times out of 100. But the remaining 49 times, it is the voice of the devil, or worse, the voice of a fool. Theodore Roosevelt H.W. Brands
“ He was a product of a culture where it was generally counterproductive to hold grudges. H.W. Brands
“ Grant made the perfect candidate, a war hero with indistinct views on most political issues. H.W. Brands
“ The very lack of explicit pressure was itself a compelling force, for it created a world in which the expectation of success was simply there, a fact of life as basic as breakfast. H.W. Brands
“ He has not shown the special interest in reading that we should like to see but he likes shop work. George H. W. Bush's parents on his Andover application H.W. Brands