Politics boils down to the stories we tell ourselves. And unfortunately, we tell ourselves different stories. — Ron Chernow Ourselves Copy Share Image
By the late 1980s people realized that houses did not always appreciate and that they could fluctuate like any other market commodity. — Ron Chernow Appreciate Copy Share Image
The public has lost faith in the ability of Social Security and Medicare to provide for old age. They've lost faith in… — Ron Chernow Age Copy Share Image
Unless you devote an enormous amount of time to anticipating the future, you won't have any future. — Ron Chernow Amount Copy Share Image
“if a white man kills a black, he cannot be tried for his life for the murder. . . . If a negro strikes a… — Ron Chernow Life Copy Share Image
“When pastor John Heyl Vincent dropped by to transmit his hope that Ulysses “might be preserved from all harm and restored to… — Ron Chernow Hope Copy Share Image
“bolstered southern power by scrapping the rule that had once counted an African American as only three-fifths of a person for electoral… — Ron Chernow African american Copy Share Image
“What pretty much guaranteed that Johnson would side with white supremacists was his benighted view of black people. No American president has… — Ron Chernow American president Copy Share Image
“Grant was peppered with conflicting reports from white Democrats and black Republicans in Mississippi, who seemed to reside on different planets. One… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
“Grant adopted unusual precautions, returning to the Willard Hotel twice daily for meals and staying indoors at night. When he set eyes… — Ron Chernow John wilkes booth Copy Share Image
There were two qualities about the mutual funds of the 1920s that made them extremely speculative. One was that they were heavily… — Ron Chernow About Copy Share Image
“In a question of veracity between U.S. Grant and Andrew Johnson, between a soldier whose honor is as untarnished as the sun,… — Ron Chernow Friendship Copy Share Image
“On the morning of March 4, in an extraordinary sequence of events, the House approved the bill right before the noon deadline.… — Ron Chernow Chester Arthur Copy Share Image
“He embodied an enduring archetype: the obscure immigrant who comes to America, re-creates himself, and succeeds despite a lack of proper birth… — Ron Chernow Birth Copy Share Image
Early on, New York already had a national and even international identity. — Ron Chernow Identity Copy Share Image
“If Madison in the 1780s was a philosopher king, Madison in the 1790s was a formidable practicing politician, and so skillful at… — Ron Chernow Philosophy Copy Share Image
“capture the Republican nomination instead of Grant. With Johnson acquitted, everyone knew, Grant would get the party nod. Significantly, the seven Republicans… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
“The spectacle of soldiers entering a statehouse left northern opinion aghast, leading to vociferous demands for Sheridan’s ouster. Major Republican newspapers in… — Ron Chernow New orleans Copy Share Image
“Hamilton, back by August 13, dove into a debate that passionately engaged him: immigration. He opposed any attempt to restrict membership in… — Ron Chernow Immigration Copy Share Image
“Grant’s catatonic state didn’t last. Soon he was devoting four or five hours daily to his memoirs,” — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
Any bull market covers a multitude of sins, so there may be all sorts of problems with the current system that we… — Ron Chernow Bull market Copy Share Image
“When Grant made Edward S. Salomon governor of the Washington Territory, it was the first time an American Jew had occupied a… — Ron Chernow First time Copy Share Image
“Around this time he performed a ceremony that he had contemplated for some time. He asked Fred to compose a letter requesting… — Ron Chernow Family members Copy Share Image
“It is the child of avarice, the brother of inequity, and father of mischief. It has been the ruin of many worthy… — Ron Chernow Brotherhood Copy Share Image
