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> [History is always best written generations after the event, when clouded fact and memory have all fused into what can be accepted as truth, whether it be so or not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-white/history-is-always-best-written-generations-after-the-event-when/)

[Theodore White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-white/)

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## More by Theodore White

> [Power in America today is control of the means of communication.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-white/power-in-america-today-is-control-of-the-means-of-communication/)

[Theodore White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-white/)

> [When the bus or the plane rolled or flew through the night, they sang songs of their own composition about Mr Nixon and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-white/when-the-bus-or-the-plane-rolled-or-flew-through-the-night-they-sang/)

[Theodore White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-white/)

> [I class myself as a manual laborer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-white/i-class-myself-as-a-manual-laborer/)

[Theodore White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-white/)

> [The gusto of one, the indignation of the other; the challenge of the one party, the response of the other; the eloquence and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-white/the-gusto-of-one-the-indignation-of-the-other-the-challenge-of-the/)

[Theodore White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-white/)

> [A liberal is a person who believes that water can be made to run uphill. A conservative is someone who believes everybody should pay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-white/a-liberal-is-a-person-who-believes-that-water-can-be-made-to-run/)

[Theodore White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-white/)

> [Those 40 or 50 national correspondents who had followed Kennedy since the beginning of his electoral exertions into the November days had become more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-white/those-40-or-50-national-correspondents-who-had-followed-kennedy-since/)

[Theodore White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-white/)

> [A President and his wise men can only propose; but Congress disposes. It is when President and Congress agree that American history marches forward.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-white/a-president-and-his-wise-men-can-only-propose-but-congress-disposes/)

[Theodore White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-white/)

> [America is a nation created by all the hopeful wanderers of Europe, not out of geography and genetics, but out of purpose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-white/america-is-a-nation-created-by-all-the-hopeful-wanderers-of-europe/)

[Theodore White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-white/)

> [It is almost nicer being a godfather than a father, like having white mice but making your nanny feed them for you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-white/it-is-almost-nicer-being-a-godfather-than-a-father-like-having-white/)

[Theodore White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-white/)

> [His passion has aroused the best and the beast in man. And the beast waited for him in the kitchen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-white/his-passion-has-aroused-the-best-and-the-beast-in-man-and-the-beast/)

[Theodore White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-white/)

> [When that book came out, it was like Columbus telling about America at the court of Ferdinand and Isabella.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-white/when-that-book-came-out-it-was-like-columbus-telling-about-america-at/)

[Theodore White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-white/)

> [Politics in America is the binding secular religion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-white/politics-in-america-is-the-binding-secular-religion/)

[Theodore White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-white/)

> [The President's decisions make the weather, and if he is great enough, change the climate, too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-white/the-president-s-decisions-make-the-weather-and-if-he-is-great-enough/)

[Theodore White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-white/)

> [Always inflation comes gradually; is recognized too late; and can be cured only by ruthless political surgery, which, if delayed too long, proves futile.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-white/always-inflation-comes-gradually-is-recognized-too-late-and-can-be/)

[Theodore White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-white/)

> [There are two kinds of editors, those who correct your copy and those who say it's wonderful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-white/there-are-two-kinds-of-editors-those-who-correct-your-copy-and-those/)

[Theodore White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-white/)

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