In waiting for the glorious moment of that first book contract, writers must have giant reservoirs of patience. Yet they must persevere… — Ron Chernow Book Copy Share Image
“eight thousand Republicans crammed into Crosby’s Opera House for a veritable coronation of Ulysses S. Grant. To play on wartime memories, General… — Ron Chernow Opera house Copy Share Image
“a full-blooded Seneca Iroquois sachem, Ely S. Parker, who grew up on an Indian reservation in upstate New York and was a… — Ron Chernow Black hair Copy Share Image
“the Ku Klux Klan Act. He had planned a California trip that spring, but canceled it in the belief that he couldn’t… — Ron Chernow Federal government Copy Share Image
Every time I wrote fiction, I was discouraged, and every time I wrote nonfiction, I was encouraged. — Ron Chernow Discouraged Copy Share Image
“A southerner by choice, Akerman found it sobering to verify the depth of Klan penetration in the region, which “revealed a perversion… — Ron Chernow South carolina Copy Share Image
“The outside world may have wondered about Grant’s sympathies, but his private statements leave no room for conjecture about his inexorable drift… — Ron Chernow Outside world Copy Share Image
As a bull market continues, almost anything you buy goes up. It makes you feel that investing in stocks is a very… — Ron Chernow Bull market Copy Share Image
“In his final months, Grant showed exceptional kindness to Terrell, furnishing him with a glowing recommendation letter for use after his death… — Ron Chernow Kindness Copy Share Image
“In the felicitous words of one early Burr biographer, “The Clintons had power, the Livingstons had numbers, and the Schuylers had Hamilton.” — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
“When avarice takes the lead in a state, it is commonly the forerunner of its fall.” — Ron Chernow Fall Copy Share Image
“On June 20, at Johnson’s behest, Attorney General James Speed ordered the U.S. attorney in Norfolk to abandon Lee’s prosecution. On the… — Ron Chernow Attorney general Copy Share Image
“For Washington, parties weren’t so much expressions of popular politics as their negation, denying the true will of the people as expressed… — Ron Chernow Politics Copy Share Image
“It was all very pleasant and balmy, supremely beautiful and languid, if you were white, were rich, and turned a blind eye… — Ron Chernow Blind eye Copy Share Image
In the 1920s, Wall Street was a world that was really dominated by professional speculators and stock pools. These people had a… — Ron Chernow Information Copy Share Image
“In Julia’s view, the Dent slaves were all “very happy. At least they were in mamma’s time, though the young ones became… — Ron Chernow Civil war Copy Share Image
I find that when I come upon something that I think is a historical revelation, I have the sort of adrenaline rush… — Ron Chernow Adrenaline Copy Share Image
“The Republican marching club was known as the Galena Wide Awakes—Orvil Grant was a member—and as they tramped along, clad in dark… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
When news of the crash came, probably a lot of people in small towns and farms across America felt a sense of… — Ron Chernow America Copy Share Image
“When a congressional committee reported in February on the Mississippi bloodshed, it concluded that the nation had arrived at a crossroads and… — Ron Chernow Common ground Copy Share Image
“Klan violence was unquestionably the worst outbreak of domestic terrorism in American history and Grant dealt with it aggressively, using all the… — Ron Chernow American history Copy Share Image
When the market is just going up, up, and up, we all tend to be blind to the holes in the market.… — Ron Chernow Blind Copy Share Image
“[Philip's death was] beyond comparison the most afflicting of my life.... He was truly a fine youth. But why should I repine?… — Ron Chernow Death Copy Share Image
“it would have been better never to have made a sacrifice of blood and treasure to save the Union than to have… — Ron Chernow Black community Copy Share Image
“The president was running out of room to maneuver as the country backed away from further federal interference in the South. The… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
