“Both Grant and Sherman were damaged souls who would redeem tarnished reputations in the brutal crucible of war.” — Ron Chernow War Copy Share Image
Early on, New York already had a national and even international identity. — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
“Thinking the move suicidal, Grant believed the South would stop short of the “awful leap” of secession.” — Ron Chernow Secession Copy Share Image
Every time I wrote fiction, I was discouraged, and every time I wrote nonfiction, I was encouraged. — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
Ultimately, the appraisal of Grant's presidency rests upon posterity's view of Reconstruction. — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
Mutual funds give people the sense that they're investing with the big boys and that they're really not at a disadvantage entering… — Ron Chernow Customer Copy Share Image
Stock market corrections, although painful at the time, are actually a very healthy part of the whole mechanism, because there are always… — Ron Chernow Bull market Copy Share Image
That strategy of buy and hold, which is the sound and sensible one for the individual, can have very dangerous and perverse… — Ron Chernow Customer 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
“Frederick Douglass, who had entertained hopes for the Haitian post, graciously conceded defeat. “Your appointment,” he told Bassett, “is a grand achievement… — Ron Chernow Failure 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
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 Hamilton Copy Share Image
It's a shameful thing to admit for someone who writes such long books, but I read so slowly that I almost subvocalize. — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
“On September 3, an especially hostile audience baited Johnson in Cleveland, where his behavior flirted with new lows. When a heckler yelled… — Ron Chernow Habits Copy Share Image
“The chief quartermaster on the West Coast, Robert Allen, an old friend of Grant’s, learned he was holed up in a cheap… — Ron Chernow Friendship 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
“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
“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
“He would smile at times, but I never heard him laugh aloud,” said Louisa Boggs. “He was a sad man . . . he seemed… — Ron Chernow Despair Copy Share Image
“Grant promised to send the Oglala Sioux large herds of sheep and cattle for raising stock and to build schools that would… — Ron Chernow Sioux 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
“Four Millions of people heretofore declared by the highest tribunal in the land, not citizens of the United States, nor eligible to… — Ron Chernow Politics 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
“His military triumphs had been neither frequent nor epic in scale. He had lost more battles than he had won, had botched… — Ron Chernow War Copy Share Image
“On Easter Sunday, Nash led a mob of several hundred whites, armed with rifles and a small cannon, who opened fire on… — Ron Chernow Easter sunday 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
“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
“The panic was blamed on many factors—tight money, Roosevelt’s Gridiron Club speech attacking the “malefactors of great wealth,” and excessive speculation in… — Ron Chernow Customer 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
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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“In other words, Julia still believed in the beneficial effects of tobacco long after her husband had likely died from it. Even… — Ron Chernow Politics Copy Share Image
I just have been so surprised and delighted with what has happened with 'Hamilton.' It really has been one of the most… — Ron Chernow Life 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
“Tis only to consult our own hearts to be convinced that nations like individuals revolt at the idea of being guided by… — Ron Chernow Compulsion Copy Share Image
“Paranoid thinking seems to be a legacy of all revolutions, with purists searching for signs of heresy, and the American experience was… — Ron Chernow American experience Copy Share Image
