You don't want too much fear in a market, because people will be blinded to some very good buying opportunities. You don't… — Ron Chernow Blinded Copy Share Image
“In his essays on the need for executive-branch vigor, Hamilton continually invoked the king of England as an example of what should… — Ron Chernow Accountability Copy Share Image
“Mocking Hancock as an inexperienced political lightweight, Republicans printed up a pamphlet entitled “Hancock’s Political Achievements,” a work that contained nothing but… — Ron Chernow Blank page Copy Share Image
“Perseverance in almost any plan is better than fickleness and fluctuation. (Alexander Hamilton, July 1792)” — Ron Chernow Perseverance Copy Share Image
“He saw too clearly that greater freedom could lead to greater disorder and, by a dangerous dialectic, back to a loss of… — Ron Chernow Freedom Copy Share Image
“Hamilton warned that “a dangerous ambition more often lurks behind the specious mask of zeal for the rights of the people than… — Ron Chernow Politics Copy Share Image
“Whoever considers the nature of our government with discernment will see that though obstacles and delays will frequently stand in the way… — Ron Chernow Nature Copy Share Image
“And shall we at last become the victims of our own abominable lust of gain? Forbid it, Heaven." Washington himself could be… — Ron Chernow Greed Copy Share Image
“Sensing an abandonment of Reconstruction, Frederick Douglass wondered what good abolition had been for the black man if “having been freed from… — Ron Chernow Frederick douglas Copy Share Image
“Had Napoleon been thoroughly unselfish, Grant suggested, he would have been the greatest man in history, such was his military genius. When… — Ron Chernow Greatest man Copy Share Image
Reconstruction is the great black hole that remains to be filled. Even experts on the Civil War don't really understand its full… — Ron Chernow Black hole Copy Share Image
“Thinking the move suicidal, Grant believed the South would stop short of the “awful leap” of secession.” — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
I'm sure there are many more people who can identify with failure and hardship in life than with the success of an… — Ron Chernow Failure Copy Share Image
Ultimately, the appraisal of Grant's presidency rests upon posterity's view of Reconstruction. — Ron Chernow Grant Copy Share Image
I don't think that a mutual fund that invests exclusively in biotech start-ups or invests exclusively in companies in Thailand offers any… — Ron Chernow Biotech Copy Share Image
As the bull market goes on, people who take great risks achieve great rewards, seemingly without punishment. It's like crime without punishment… — Ron Chernow Achieve Copy Share Image
“While Grant was celebrated as a victorious wartime general and the president who had peacefully settled the Alabama claims, most gratifying to… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
“On August 5, he sent Stanton a one-sentence letter: “Public considerations of a high character constrain me to say, that your resignation… — Ron Chernow War Copy Share Image
The mutual fund industry and small investors are very relentless and very unforgiving if people don't perform. — Ron Chernow Fund Copy Share Image
“Grant’s fortuitous move to Illinois on the eve of the election had monumental consequences, conveniently situating him in the president’s home state… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
“By 1872, under Grant’s leadership, the Ku Klux Klan had been smashed in the South. (Its later twentieth-century incarnation had no connection… — Ron Chernow Ku klux klan Copy Share Image
“The American Revolution and its aftermath coincided with two great transformations in the late eighteenth century. In the political sphere, there had… — Ron Chernow American revolution Copy Share Image
“He applauded a belated decision to evacuate Garfield from the White House in early September and bring him by train to Long… — Ron Chernow Long ago Copy Share Image
“Actually, Hamilton's exploding cannon may have killed as many as six of his men and wounded four or five others. Some critics… — Ron Chernow Fitness Copy Share Image
