Quotes by H.W. Brands

“He was a product of a culture where it was generally counterproductive to hold grudges.”

“Proving himself to himself was no small matter.”

“This senate was a place where good Representatives went when they died. Thomas Reed”

“Both sides had more confidence in their opponents' weaknesses than their own strength.”

“Once information slipped the bonds of gravity and friction, it tended to gather where it was most valuable.”

“Cities force growth and make men talkative and entertaining, but they make them artificial. Ralph Waldo Emerson”

“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”

“The first 10 days of a cattle drive were the most critical, as a stampede was most likely when the cattle were closest to their habitual home.”

“He had always had a gift for conjuring images in his mind's eye. It was one of the secrets of his military success.”

“J.P. Morgan learned to fish in troubled waters.”

“The horizons of man are incomparably narrower than that of the land on which he toils. Editor of the Nebraska journal”

“I believe the road to preeminent success in any line is to make yourself master IN THAT LINE. I have no faith in the policy of scattering one's resources. Andrew Carnegie”

“Looking back on his adolescence from the vantage point of his mid-eighties, George H.W. Bush candidly admitted, "I might have been obsessed with bodies boobs they are now called. But what seventee...”

“Bushes may not be eloquent explaining emotion, but George HW Bush's mother knew enough to be in position with her children were ready to talk. She waited up not just to ensure safety but to make th...”

“Diplomacy was a long game.”

“Fatigue could be the dealmaker's friend.”

“Ben Franklin advises his grandson not to let even the American Revolution interrupt his studies, urging of young adulthood, "This is the time of life in which you are to lay the foundations of your...”

“America's mission is to join the most ancient civilizations with the most modern. John Augustus Roeblin”

“Warner Studios official in the era of silent movies: Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?”

“Western farmers were individualists cheifly in their dreams.”