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> [“The presidents keep on living, long after they’re gone. It’s just a little weird. These stories start where most stories about the presidents leave off. And so the chief job of a dead president is to tell us about ourselves,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brady-carlson/the-presidents-keep-on-living-long-after-they-re-gone-it-s-just-a/)

[Brady Carlson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brady-carlson/)

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## More by Brady Carlson

> [“But the memorials themselves are worthy of attention as well, not only for what they tell us about the presidents but because they leave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brady-carlson/but-the-memorials-themselves-are-worthy-of-attention-as-well-not-only/)

[Brady Carlson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brady-carlson/)

> [“By 1951, Herbert Hoover was the fifth-most-admired man in the country. Asked how he’d redeemed himself after being turned into a villain, Hoover gave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brady-carlson/by-1951-herbert-hoover-was-the-fifth-most-admired-man-in-the-country/)

[Brady Carlson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brady-carlson/)

> [“We may go bigger with our presidential funerals than necessary, or than the president wanted; our monuments may be large, controversial, expensive, and hard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brady-carlson/we-may-go-bigger-with-our-presidential-funerals-than-necessary-or/)

[Brady Carlson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brady-carlson/)

> [“When Madison’s niece asked what was wrong, he answered, “Nothing more than a change of mind, my dear,” and slumped over, dead.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brady-carlson/when-madison-s-niece-asked-what-was-wrong-he-answered-nothing-more/)

[Brady Carlson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brady-carlson/)

> [“The presidents keep on living, long after they’re gone. It’s just a little weird. These stories start where most stories about the presidents leave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brady-carlson/the-presidents-keep-on-living-long-after-they-re-gone-it-s-just-a/)

[Brady Carlson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brady-carlson/)

> [“You don’t have to go down that extra path to the slave quarters, or to see Alfred’s cabin behind the giant mansion. You can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brady-carlson/you-don-t-have-to-go-down-that-extra-path-to-the-slave-quarters-or-to/)

[Brady Carlson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brady-carlson/)

> [“Upon hearing that Coolidge was dead, the writer Dorothy Parker cracked, “How can you tell?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brady-carlson/upon-hearing-that-coolidge-was-dead-the-writer-dorothy-parker-cracked/)

[Brady Carlson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brady-carlson/)

> [“They weren’t all Nixon supporters, either: self-described enemies were on hand, too. “Every generation needs somebody to hate, and he was ours,” said Richard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brady-carlson/they-weren-t-all-nixon-supporters-either-self-described-enemies-were/)

[Brady Carlson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brady-carlson/)

> [“But as those who lived through the Civil War died off, Grant’s reputation faltered. ... A generation that remembered war as mustard gas and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brady-carlson/but-as-those-who-lived-through-the-civil-war-died-off-grant-s/)

[Brady Carlson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brady-carlson/)

> [“Garfield’s own system had protected him from the bullet. What the president needed was something to protect him from his doctor.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brady-carlson/garfield-s-own-system-had-protected-him-from-the-bullet-what-the/)

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