“Simon Wolf wrote during Woodrow Wilson’s tenure, “President Grant did more on behalf of American citizens of Jewish faith at home and… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
“Grant was peppered with conflicting reports from white Democrats and black Republicans in Mississippi, who seemed to reside on different planets. One… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
The securities laws of the 1930s were so important because it forced companies to file registration statements and issue prospectuses, and it… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
The best argument for mutual funds is that they offer safety and diversification. But they don't necessarily offer safety and diversification. — Ron Chernow Argument Copy Share Image
One of the very nice things about investing in the stock market is that you learn about all different aspects of the… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
The story of Alexander Hamilton lends itself to hip-hop treatment. Hamilton's personality is driven and unrelenting, and the music has that same… — Ron Chernow Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Hamilton’s relatively short life robbed him not only of any chance for further accomplishment but of the opportunity to mold his historical… — Ron Chernow Life Copy Share Image
“As his life steadily unraveled, he pawned his gold watch and chain for $20 on December 23, 1857, to purchase Christmas presents… — Ron Chernow Christmas Copy Share Image
“With a soil and climate scarcely equaled in the world,” he protested, Mexico “has more poor and starving subjects who are willing… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
The richly cadenced prose is hypnotic, the research prodigious, the analysis acute, the mood spellbinding, and the cast of characters mythic in… — Ron Chernow Achievement Copy Share Image
“The extraordinary outpouring of bipartisan concern blotted out the scandals of Grant’s presidency and restored him to his rightful niche in the… — Ron Chernow Scandals Copy Share Image
“January 25, 1785, nineteen people gathered at the home of innkeeper John Simmons to form a society that would safeguard blacks who… — Ron Chernow Freedom Copy Share Image
“He immediately had Rawlins summon stretcher bearers, but was dismayed when they removed the Union officer and overlooked the Confederate private. “Take… — Ron Chernow Civil war Copy Share Image
“Hamilton then picked up a slim volume on the table and turned it over in his hands. “Ah, this is the constitution,”… — Ron Chernow Constitution Copy Share Image
“The speech lacked soaring cadences or memorable lines, yet it touched on two explosive issues at the finale. He advised Native Americans… — Ron Chernow Communication Copy Share Image
“In his essays on the need for executive-branch vigor, Hamilton continually invoked the king of England as an example of what should… — Ron Chernow Accountability Copy Share Image
“Since Ulysses S. Grant’s spelling could border on the eccentric, I have taken the liberty of correcting that and his punctuation and… — Ron Chernow Books Copy Share Image
“Whatever his disappointments, Hamilton, forty, must have left Philadelphia with an immense feeling of accomplishment. The Whiskey Rebellion had been suppressed, the… — Ron Chernow American government Copy Share Image
“Grant deserves an honored place in American history, second only to Lincoln for what he did for the freed slaves. He got… — Ron Chernow American history Copy Share Image
“Around this time, a young man named Samuel Slater slipped through the tight protective net thrown by British authorities around their textile… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
“bolstered southern power by scrapping the rule that had once counted an African American as only three-fifths of a person for electoral… — Ron Chernow African american Copy Share Image
“This encouraged Grant to revive a proposal he had floated a year earlier to connect American canals and rivers into a national… — Ron Chernow Business Copy Share Image
“When a congressional committee reported in February on the Mississippi bloodshed, it concluded that the nation had arrived at a crossroads and… — Ron Chernow Common ground Copy Share Image
“Having been battered by the world in his earlier years, he had come to rely on family and friends and never forgot… — Ron Chernow Civil war Copy Share Image
The Great Inflation of the 1970s destroyed faith in paper assets, because if you held a bond, suddenly the bond was worth… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
“At the Constitutional Convention, Elbridge Gerry had bawdily likened standing armies to a tumescent penis: “An excellent assurance of domestic tranquillity, but… — Ron Chernow Adventure Copy Share Image
Strange as it may seem, George Washington's life has now been so minutely documented that we know far more about him than… — Ron Chernow Family Copy Share Image
“Whatever Hoar’s injury, he departed in gentlemanly fashion, sending Grant a gracious farewell note. In private, however, he broadcast his anger and… — Ron Chernow Farewell Copy Share Image
As the bull market goes on, people who take great risks achieve great rewards, seemingly without punishment. It's like crime without punishment… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
Partly because his life ended before the age of 50, Hamilton was defined by the other founding fathers, and he managed, with… — Ron Chernow Age Copy Share Image
“In another message he wrote, “I am a verb instead of a personal pronoun. A verb is anything that signifies to be;… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
I think one of the important things that's happened in the course of the century is that life expectancy has doubled. — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
There were two qualities about the mutual funds of the 1920s that made them extremely speculative. One was that they were heavily… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
Mutual funds have historically offered safety and diversification. And they spare you the responsibility of picking individual stocks. — Ron Chernow Customer Copy Share Image
Hamilton had a certain social versatility, and in a way, that is understandable because he's someone who rises up from the lowest… — Ron Chernow Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Grant had overwhelmingly won the electoral vote, and had garnered the largest popular majority of the century, nearly 56 percent of the… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
“As a West Point graduate, Grant had enjoyed an insider’s knowledge of military personnel during the war, but as a Washington outsider,… — Ron Chernow West point Copy Share Image
There is no country in the world where it's as easy to find venture capital in the stock market as the United… — Ron Chernow Country Copy Share Image
As a bull market continues, almost anything you buy goes up. It makes you feel that investing in stocks is a very… — Ron Chernow Bull market Copy Share Image
“Both Hamilton and Madison were rational men who assumed that people often acted irrationally because of ambition and avarice. Madison wrote, “If… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
