“Paranoid thinking seems to be a legacy of all revolutions, with purists searching for signs of heresy, and the American experience was… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
“Hamilton then picked up a slim volume on the table and turned it over in his hands. “Ah, this is the constitution,”… — Ron Chernow Mutual interest Copy Share Image
I never imagined that Hamilton would be turned into a musical, much less a hip-hop musical. I think I can safely say… — Ron Chernow Hip hop Copy Share Image
“Out of the blue, a veteran named Charles Wood, manager of a brush factory in upstate New York, sent Grant a $500… — Ron Chernow Management Copy Share Image
“He became known for breaking in wild horses for local farmers, a sight that drew admiring spectators to the village square. He… — Ron Chernow Wild horses Copy Share Image
“A lifelong Methodist, he had always viewed religious excess with a certain irony, having once told a clutch of ministers that America… — Ron Chernow Religion Copy Share Image
Strange as it may seem, George Washington's life has now been so minutely documented that we know far more about him than… — Ron Chernow Family Copy Share Image
Partly because his life ended before the age of 50, Hamilton was defined by the other founding fathers, and he managed, with… — Ron Chernow Age Copy Share Image
The securities laws of the 1930s were so important because it forced companies to file registration statements and issue prospectuses, and it… — Ron Chernow 1930s Copy Share Image
“Franklin wanted a unicameral legislature and an executive council in lieu of a president. He also opposed a presidential veto on legislation,… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
The story of Alexander Hamilton lends itself to hip-hop treatment. Hamilton's personality is driven and unrelenting, and the music has that same… — Ron Chernow Man Copy Share Image
“The underlying point of the letter was to notify Grant that, if Sherman’s brother John should be a candidate for president, “it… — Ron Chernow Five years Copy Share Image
One of the special characteristics of New York is that it is different from a London or a Paris because it's the… — Ron Chernow Characteristics Copy Share Image
“Their strategy was to make clients feel accepted into a private club, as if a Morgan account were a membership card to… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
“it is a maxim founded on the universal experience of mankind that no nation is to be trusted farther than it is… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
“This encouraged Grant to revive a proposal he had floated a year earlier to connect American canals and rivers into a national… — Ron Chernow Business Copy Share Image
“Around this time, a young man named Samuel Slater slipped through the tight protective net thrown by British authorities around their textile… — Ron Chernow Different places Copy Share Image
“Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, a bespectacled Republican with a grizzled beard, who was born in Concord, Massachusetts, and attended Harvard College and Law… — Ron Chernow Law school Copy Share Image
In many ways, the North won the Civil War militarily and then lost the peace. You know, a group of writers, included… — Ron Chernow Civil war Copy Share Image
“Julia’s brother Lewis, who remained in California, allowed them to use his house “Wish-ton-wish”—an Indian term meaning whip-poor-will—” — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
“Both Hamilton and Madison were rational men who assumed that people often acted irrationally because of ambition and avarice. Madison wrote, “If… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
“Whatever Hoar’s injury, he departed in gentlemanly fashion, sending Grant a gracious farewell note. In private, however, he broadcast his anger and… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
Hamilton was young, dashing, and romantic. He lent himself perfectly to be the star of a musical. — Ron Chernow Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Not simply wanting compensation for destroyed American vessels, he added a still more explosive demand: that Britain pay a staggering $2 billion… — Ron Chernow Merchant marine Copy Share Image
“Sheridan had a pugnacity that refused to quit, and Sherman described him as “a persevering terrier dog, honest, modest, plucky and smart… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
