“ In this slipshod age, we need object lessons in language and thought. – Edith Wharton on an address by John Hay John Taliaferro
“ The author observes that the friendship of John Hay and Charles Francis Adams benefited from a physical distance that required correspondence, meaning that feelings only implied in person had to be ex… John Taliaferro
“ Henry Adams observes that John Hay has the ability to take the world as a whole rather than pulling it to pieces in criticism. He also observes that, in the routine of a stressful job, this perspectiv… John Taliaferro
“ If he could be hard on kings and cabinets, he was invariably kind to his colleagues. John Taliaferro
“ I like to introduce myself, because THEN I can get in all the facts." The usually self-deprecating John Hay on the ironic formality of signing his own commission as Secretary of State. John Taliaferro
“ John Hay points to our our history of getting lost in suffering when, "so close together were pain and antidote. John Taliaferro
“ Good luck belongs to those who know how and are not afraid." John Hay to President Theodore Roosevelt John Taliaferro
“ John Hay indicates that dealing with people directly as a holder of political office "requires a stronger heart and a more obedient nervous system than I possess. John Taliaferro
“ John Hay on Lincoln: "He always worked with things as they were, while never relinquishing the desire to make them better. John Taliaferro
