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> [“Yet Barkley drew back. Perhaps he, like Harry Truman, knew that the quiet power of incumbency easily overcomes the noise of crowds and bands.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-pietrusza/yet-barkley-drew-back-perhaps-he-like-harry-truman-knew-that-the/)

[David Pietrusza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-pietrusza/)

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## More by David Pietrusza

> [“But even a wonderful soloist needs a song. Even a pitch-perfect voice needs a message.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-pietrusza/but-even-a-wonderful-soloist-needs-a-song-even-a-pitch-perfect-voice/)

[David Pietrusza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-pietrusza/)

> [“The right to resign is one of the cherished privileges of a free man; the willingness to resign, when principle and the public interest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-pietrusza/the-right-to-resign-is-one-of-the-cherished-privileges-of-a-free-man/)

[David Pietrusza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-pietrusza/)

> [“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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-pietrusza/losers-break-the-rules-there-s-no-point-in-obeying-them-because-if/)

[David Pietrusza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-pietrusza/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-pietrusza/tr-on-using-extramarital-accusations-against-wilson-it-won-t-work-you/)

[David Pietrusza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-pietrusza/)

> [“Though there is no evil in righteousness, there is in self-righteousness,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-pietrusza/though-there-is-no-evil-in-righteousness-there-is-in-self/)

[David Pietrusza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-pietrusza/)

> [“Never far removed from the progressive consciousness was a question that was never easily answered: of what value was it to punish offending Democrats,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-pietrusza/never-far-removed-from-the-progressive-consciousness-was-a-question/)

[David Pietrusza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-pietrusza/)

> [“It came down to so many factors: an underdog who refused to surrender, a presumed victor who refused to fight, disgruntled Democrats - on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-pietrusza/it-came-down-to-so-many-factors-an-underdog-who-refused-to-surrender/)

[David Pietrusza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-pietrusza/)

> [“Every presidential nominee says his vice president will be given a serious, important role in his new administration. But it almost never materializes. A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-pietrusza/every-presidential-nominee-says-his-vice-president-will-be-given-a/)

[David Pietrusza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-pietrusza/)

> [“To Dewey, if brevity was the soul of wit, stagecraft was the very center of politics.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-pietrusza/to-dewey-if-brevity-was-the-soul-of-wit-stagecraft-was-the-very/)

[David Pietrusza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-pietrusza/)

> [“No matter what office LBJ assumed he lifted greater than when he found it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-pietrusza/no-matter-what-office-lbj-assumed-he-lifted-greater-than-when-he/)

[David Pietrusza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-pietrusza/)

> [“Woodrow Wilson intimate Edward House urged that his boss never first be approached by argument. Instead, the President could be made most receptive by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-pietrusza/woodrow-wilson-intimate-edward-house-urged-that-his-boss-never-first/)

[David Pietrusza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-pietrusza/)

> [“It involves no disrespect for Mrs. Truman to say that her daughter gets a bigger hand than she does,' observed Richard Rovere. 'This country…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-pietrusza/it-involves-no-disrespect-for-mrs-truman-to-say-that-her-daughter/)

[David Pietrusza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-pietrusza/)

> [“Truman makes friends without influencing people,' noted Arthur Schlesinger Jr. 'Dewey influences people without making friends.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-pietrusza/truman-makes-friends-without-influencing-people-noted-arthur/)

[David Pietrusza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-pietrusza/)

> [“Author points out in Woodrow Wilson the flipside of the positive we might call big picture vision. He observes that as college president Wilson…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-pietrusza/author-points-out-in-woodrow-wilson-the-flipside-of-the-positive-we/)

[David Pietrusza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-pietrusza/)

> [“Yet Barkley drew back. Perhaps he, like Harry Truman, knew that the quiet power of incumbency easily overcomes the noise of crowds and bands.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-pietrusza/yet-barkley-drew-back-perhaps-he-like-harry-truman-knew-that-the/)

[David Pietrusza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-pietrusza/)

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