“successors will agree with Harry Truman’s belief that this unique office carries with it a huge responsibility for America’s destiny. Though political storms may loom and other sorts of upheavals may rage, America’s founders have given us the power to… — Thomas Fleming Copy Share Image
“Truman repeatedly stressed the unique nature of the American presidency. He called it the greatest office ever created by the mind of man. In the Truman Presidential Library, only a few blocks from his house, he had ordered an inscription… — Thomas Fleming Copy Share Image
“Those who give up essential liberty, to preserve a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” — Thomas Fleming Copy Share Image
Actors yearn for the perfect director, athletes for the perfect coach, priests for the perfect pope, presidents for the perfect historian. Writers hunger for… — Thomas Fleming Copy Share Image
“successors will agree with Harry Truman’s belief that this unique office carries with it a huge responsibility for America’s destiny. Though political storms may… — Thomas Fleming Copy Share Image
But this is an imperfect world, as actors, athletes, priests and presidents soon discover. Writers have known this from the day they read their… — Thomas Fleming Copy Share Image
“To an amazing degree, from the Revolution in 1776 to Vietnam, belief in a quick victory pervaded the opening months of almost every war… — Thomas Fleming Copy Share Image
“Truman repeatedly stressed the unique nature of the American presidency. He called it the greatest office ever created by the mind of man. In… — Thomas Fleming Copy Share Image
