“Whatever his disappointments, Hamilton, forty, must have left Philadelphia with an immense feeling of accomplishment. The Whiskey Rebellion had been suppressed, the… — Ron Chernow American government Copy Share Image
“This was a powerful argument for Washington, who had gone to Philadelphia feeling that the war would be incomplete without a new… — Ron Chernow Politics Copy Share Image
“As in past years, the self-absorbed Jesse Root Grant and equally self-absorbed Colonel Dent continued to find each other insufferable and Grant… — Ron Chernow Old man Copy Share Image
“A system which looks to the extinction of a race is too abhorrent for a Nation to indulge in,” Grant told Congress… — Ron Chernow George w Copy Share Image
“Thomas Nast published an election cartoon entitled “Victory!” that showed Grant mounted on a white horse, waving a flag bedecked with the… — Ron Chernow Equal rights Copy Share Image
“The power of the new mass media made Grant’s illness a national spectacle, with his doctors offering twice-daily updates on his condition.” — Ron Chernow Mass media Copy Share Image
When you're a biographer, you want to explore the very things that your subject didn't care to talk about. — Ron Chernow Care Copy Share Image
“On September 9 the tour touched its nadir in St. Louis when Johnson, in another intemperate outburst, had the gall to blame… — Ron Chernow New orleans Copy Share Image
“Grant later boasted, with some justice, that Hamilton Fish was the best secretary of state in fifty years. While historians have tended… — Ron Chernow Justice Copy Share Image
“At 8:08 a.m. on July 23, 1885, Grant died so gently that nobody was quite certain at first that his spirit had… — Ron Chernow Death Copy Share Image
“Shiloh, but it sorely disappointed the Century editors. Written in Grant’s pithy style, it was arid and compact and read like a… — Ron Chernow Every night Copy Share Image
“The panic was blamed on many factors—tight money, Roosevelt’s Gridiron Club speech attacking the “malefactors of great wealth,” and excessive speculation in… — Ron Chernow Investing Copy Share Image
If you go back to the time of J.P. Morgan, the world of high finance was completely wholesale. The prestigious investment banks… — Ron Chernow Corporations Copy Share Image
“The feud between Sherman and Stanton exposed a deep fissure that would shortly divide the country over Reconstruction. With the war ending,… — Ron Chernow Status quo Copy Share Image
“Grant’s postwar fame didn’t spare him the bane of his father-in-law’s glaring presence. After he and Julia settled into their Georgetown home,… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
“At the time, Charles Sumner still chaired the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and made preposterous demands upon the English. Not only did… — Ron Chernow Time Copy Share Image
“raiders, the United States wanted Great Britain to foot the bill for the entire war cost after Gettysburg, some $2 billion, the… — Ron Chernow War Copy Share Image
One of the very nice things about investing in the stock market is that you learn about all different aspects of the… — Ron Chernow Aspect Copy Share Image
The Great Inflation of the 1970s destroyed faith in paper assets, because if you held a bond, suddenly the bond was worth… — Ron Chernow Assets Copy Share Image
“Many observers were disturbed by all the uniformed men striding the White House corridors. In a broad-brush indictment, Charles Sumner disapproved of… — Ron Chernow Civil service Copy Share Image
“liberty may be endangered by the abuses of liberty as well as by the abuses of power. . . . [T]he former rather than the… — Ron Chernow Freedom Copy Share Image
“For some, the credo sounded blandly vacuous and Henry Adams wisecracked that “Let Us Have Peace” meant only “Leave Me Alone.” — Ron Chernow Peace Copy Share Image
“In February 1866, he testified before Congress to oppose suffrage for former slaves: “My own opinion is that, at this time, they… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
“Rawlins let loose a stemwinder of a speech that lasted forty-five minutes. His voice throbbing with emotion, he thundered, “I have been… — Ron Chernow Communication Copy Share Image
“In his self-serving view of events, Lee believed that he had performed a prodigious feat, rescuing his overmatched army from danger and… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
