“Every presidential nominee says his vice president will be given a serious, important role in his new administration. But it almost never materializes. A strong, totally self-centered politician like Tom Dewey sharing his hard-won power with a vice president? Don''t… — 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 Image
“The right to resign is one of the cherished privileges of a free man; the willingness to resign, when principle and the public interest are served, is always present in the public-spirited and the self-respecting. They look upon resigning, not as a cowardice and quitting and a personal disaster, but as the ultimate guarantee of their useful influence and of… — 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. So why not just do what you can?' - Zachary Karabell” — 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 Image
“Though there is no evil in righteousness, there is in self-righteousness,” — David Pietrusza Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“To Dewey, if brevity was the soul of wit, stagecraft was the very center of politics.” — David Pietrusza Copy Share Image
“No matter what office LBJ assumed he lifted greater than when he found it.” — David Pietrusza Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
