Ultimately, the appraisal of Grant's presidency rests upon posterity's view of Reconstruction. — Ron Chernow 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
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
“Both Grant and Sherman were damaged souls who would redeem tarnished reputations in the brutal crucible of war.” — Ron Chernow War 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
“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
Once the brokerage house, rather than the bank, became the locus for American savings, that money would find its way into the… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
“In the words of Frederick Douglass, “That sturdy old Roman, Benjamin Butler, made the negro a contraband, Abraham Lincoln made him a… — Ron Chernow 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 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
I always sympathize with people who complain about the length of my books. It would take me a year to get through… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
“On September 20, the New York Stock Exchange halted trading for ten days. Grant received emergency pleas for purchases of Treasury bonds… — Ron Chernow Customer Copy Share Image
“To survive, he continued to hawk firewood on the St. Louis streets and the time thus spent destroyed any chance of prospering… — Ron Chernow Firewood 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 Copy Share Image
A prudent silence will frequently be taken for wisdom and a sentence or two cautiously thrown in will sometimes gain the palm… — Ron Chernow Burrs 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
“Johnson had unleashed the political equivalent of an act of war against Congress. Retaliating against the president’s violation of the Tenure of… — Ron Chernow Crimes and misdemeanors Copy Share Image
“In February 1866, he testified before Congress to oppose suffrage for former slaves: “My own opinion is that, at this time, they… — Ron Chernow 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
“In his self-serving view of events, Lee believed that he had performed a prodigious feat, rescuing his overmatched army from danger and… — Ron Chernow 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
“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 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
“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 trial wasn’t the finest hour of American justice as the treatment of the prisoners seemed medieval in its barbarism. Almost all… — Ron Chernow Defendants Copy Share Image
“The feud between Sherman and Stanton exposed a deep fissure that would shortly divide the country over Reconstruction. With the war ending,… — Ron Chernow Status quo 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 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
“Noah Webster contended that Hamilton’s “ambition, pride, and overbearing temper” had destined him “to be the evil genius of this country.” — Ron Chernow Evil genius Copy Share Image
After being Washington's aide for four years and becoming the hero of Yorktown, Hamilton was viewed with a great deal of suspicion… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
“it is a maxim founded on the universal experience of mankind that no nation is to be trusted farther than it is… — Ron Chernow 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 Copy Share Image
What I find very interesting about the mutual funds managers is that here are people who are the new masters of the… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
“Tens of thousands of onlookers gaped in amazement as the shattered British troops marched out of Yorktown and, to the tune of… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
“Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle.… — Ron Chernow Journalism 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
![“[Philip's death was] beyond comparison the most afflicting of my life… He was truly a fine youth. But why should I repine? It was the will of heaven and he is now out of the reach of the seductions and calamities of a world full of folly, full of vice, full of danger, of least value in proportion…” quote by Ron Chernow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d2/ron-chernow-1189_death_philip-s-death-was-beyond-comparison-the_1595076.png)
