“Yet Barkley drew back. Perhaps he, like Harry Truman, knew that the quiet power of incumbency easily overcomes the noise of crowds and bands.” — David Pietrusza Copy Share Image
“But even a wonderful soloist needs a song. Even a pitch-perfect voice needs a message.” — David Pietrusza Copy Share
“The right to resign is one of the cherished privileges of a free man; the willingness to resign, when principle and the public interest… — David Pietrusza Copy Share
“Losers break the rules. There's no point in obeying them because if you obey the unwritten rules of civility, you're going to lose anyway.… — David Pietrusza Copy Share
“TR on using extramarital accusations against Wilson: "It won't work. You can't cast a man as Romeo who looks and acts like an apothecary's… — David Pietrusza Copy Share
“Though there is no evil in righteousness, there is in self-righteousness,” — David Pietrusza Copy Share
“Never far removed from the progressive consciousness was a question that was never easily answered: of what value was it to punish offending Democrats,… — David Pietrusza Copy Share
“It came down to so many factors: an underdog who refused to surrender, a presumed victor who refused to fight, disgruntled Democrats - on… — David Pietrusza Copy Share
“Every presidential nominee says his vice president will be given a serious, important role in his new administration. But it almost never materializes. A… — David Pietrusza Copy Share
“To Dewey, if brevity was the soul of wit, stagecraft was the very center of politics.” — David Pietrusza Copy Share
“No matter what office LBJ assumed he lifted greater than when he found it.” — David Pietrusza Copy Share
“Woodrow Wilson intimate Edward House urged that his boss never first be approached by argument. Instead, the President could be made most receptive by… — David Pietrusza Copy Share
“It involves no disrespect for Mrs. Truman to say that her daughter gets a bigger hand than she does,' observed Richard Rovere. 'This country… — David Pietrusza Copy Share
“Truman makes friends without influencing people,' noted Arthur Schlesinger Jr. 'Dewey influences people without making friends.” — David Pietrusza Copy Share
“Author points out in Woodrow Wilson the flipside of the positive we might call big picture vision. He observes that as college president Wilson… — David Pietrusza Copy Share
“Yet Barkley drew back. Perhaps he, like Harry Truman, knew that the quiet power of incumbency easily overcomes the noise of crowds and bands.” — David Pietrusza Copy Share
