“Like her youngest son, Julia administered stern lectures on republican virtue. Before supper, two noblewomen stopped by to school her in palace… — Ron Chernow Youngest son Copy Share Image
“The prolific Hamilton was now writing pseudonymous commentaries on his own pseudonymous essays.” — Ron Chernow Writing Copy Share Image
Unless we know where we've been as a country, we don't know where we are or where we are going. — Ron Chernow Country Copy Share Image
“On February 7, President Johnson met at the White House with five black leaders, including Frederick Douglass, who came to lobby for… — Ron Chernow Civil rights Copy Share Image
“He generally spoke with much animation and energy, and with considerable gesture. His mind was filled with all the learning and precedence… — Ron Chernow Communication Copy Share Image
“The world of politics was filled with duplicitous people and Grant was poorly equipped to spot them, remaining an easy victim for… — Ron Chernow Politics Copy Share Image
“Julia would gladly have stayed for one more term and had no qualms about scrapping George Washington’s precedent. “Oh, Ulys! was that… — Ron Chernow George w Copy Share Image
“Grant refused to accept that. In a newspaper interview, he placed blame for the disaster squarely on Custer’s shoulders: I regard Custer’s… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
“He immediately had Rawlins summon stretcher bearers, but was dismayed when they removed the Union officer and overlooked the Confederate private. “Take… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
Hamilton had one of those extraordinary 18th-century minds that touched on virtually every major topic of the day. — Ron Chernow 18th century Copy Share Image
“Only a free press could check abuses of executive power, Hamilton asserted.” — Ron Chernow Free press Copy Share Image
“Summing up Grant’s career, Frederick Douglass wrote: “In him the Negro found a protector, the Indian a friend, a vanquished foe a… — Ron Chernow Frederick douglas Copy Share Image
“Few First Ladies—and the name wasn’t yet commonly used—have so reveled in the White House or developed such a proprietary feeling about… — Ron Chernow First ladies Copy Share Image
“Greeley campaigned from the back of a train, delivering scores of speeches and previewing the whistle-stop style that later marked presidential campaigns.… — Ron Chernow Communication Copy Share Image
Hamilton was extremely combative. Not only was he combative, but he also overreacted to anything he perceived as a threat or a… — Ron Chernow Anything Copy Share Image
“Historians have been quick to pounce on the blind spots in Grant’s report. Less noticed is that he almost immediately recanted what… — Ron Chernow History Copy Share Image
“although he was not formally relieved until early November. Lincoln’s decision to cashier Frémont served as a cautionary tale for Grant, who… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
“Henceforth he would project himself into opponents’ minds and comprehend their fears and anxieties instead of blowing them up into all-powerful bugaboos,… — Ron Chernow Courage Copy Share Image
I think there's a tide that tends to carry historians back to the past. — Ron Chernow History Copy Share Image
I always sympathize with people who complain about the length of my books. It would take me a year to get through… — Ron Chernow Always Copy Share Image
“The feckless President Buchanan, who opposed secession, thought the federal government powerless to stop it, and in his last annual message blamed… — Ron Chernow Federal government Copy Share Image
“He railed against the baleful precedent that would be set if the legislature exiled an entire category of people without hearings or… — Ron Chernow Freedom Copy Share Image
“Nothing in all history,” William Lloyd Garrison wrote, equaled “this wonderful, quiet, sudden transformation of four millions of human beings from . . . the… — Ron Chernow Change Copy Share Image
“shall pass through this world but once. Any good thing therefore that I can do, any kindness I can show to any… — Ron Chernow Good thing Copy Share Image
