“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 Copy Share Image
“Many observers were disturbed by all the uniformed men striding the White House corridors. In a broad-brush indictment, Charles Sumner disapproved of… — Ron Chernow Civil service 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 Civil war Copy Share Image
“January 25, 1785, nineteen people gathered at the home of innkeeper John Simmons to form a society that would safeguard blacks who… — Ron Chernow Freedom Copy Share Image
“In his essays on the need for executive-branch vigor, Hamilton continually invoked the king of England as an example of what should… — Ron Chernow Accountability Copy Share Image
“The speech lacked soaring cadences or memorable lines, yet it touched on two explosive issues at the finale. He advised Native Americans… — Ron Chernow Communication Copy Share Image
“Hamilton then picked up a slim volume on the table and turned it over in his hands. “Ah, this is the constitution,”… — Ron Chernow Constitution Copy Share Image
“He became known for breaking in wild horses for local farmers, a sight that drew admiring spectators to the village square. He… — Ron Chernow Wild horses Copy Share Image
“Having been battered by the world in his earlier years, he had come to rely on family and friends and never forgot… — Ron Chernow Civil war Copy Share Image
“Whatever his disappointments, Hamilton, forty, must have left Philadelphia with an immense feeling of accomplishment. The Whiskey Rebellion had been suppressed, the… — Ron Chernow American government Copy Share Image
“Since Ulysses S. Grant’s spelling could border on the eccentric, I have taken the liberty of correcting that and his punctuation and… — Ron Chernow Books 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
“This encouraged Grant to revive a proposal he had floated a year earlier to connect American canals and rivers into a national… — Ron Chernow Business Copy Share Image
“Around this time, a young man named Samuel Slater slipped through the tight protective net thrown by British authorities around their textile… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
“Grant deserves an honored place in American history, second only to Lincoln for what he did for the freed slaves. He got… — Ron Chernow American history Copy Share Image
“A system which looks to the extinction of a race is too abhorrent for a Nation to indulge in,” Grant told Congress… — Ron Chernow 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
“Seven months after Grant’s death, Julia received a whopping $200,000 check from Twain and $450,000 in the end—an astonishing sum for book… — Ron Chernow Books Copy Share Image
“At the time, Charles Sumner still chaired the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and made preposterous demands upon the English. Not only did… — Ron Chernow Time Copy Share Image
“Hamilton has often been extolled as the exponent of a rational foreign policy based on cool calculations of national self-interest. But his… — Ron Chernow Foreign policy Copy Share Image
“In Venice, Grant let slip a remark that would provide fodder for many satirists: he told a young woman what a fine… — Ron Chernow Venice Copy Share Image
“Thomas Nast published an election cartoon entitled “Victory!” that showed Grant mounted on a white horse, waving a flag bedecked with the… — Ron Chernow Equal rights Copy Share Image
“The suspect nature of these stories can be seen in the anecdote Jefferson told of Hamilton visiting his lodging in 1792 and… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
“Conforming to tradition, the convention sent a delegation to Grant with official notice of his nomination. In return, he scratched out a… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
“On September 9 the tour touched its nadir in St. Louis when Johnson, in another intemperate outburst, had the gall to blame… — Ron Chernow New orleans Copy Share Image
If you go back to the time of J.P. Morgan, the world of high finance was completely wholesale. The prestigious investment banks… — Ron Chernow Corporations Copy Share Image
“When Franklin suggested on June 28th that each session start with a prayer for heavenly help, Hamilton countered that this might foster… — Ron Chernow Foreign aid 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 Copy Share Image
“(regarding Charles Lee) This eccentric and notably slovenly man was always trailed by his beloved dogs. "When I can be convinced that… — Ron Chernow Animal Copy Share Image
“Washington dwelt upon the transcendent importance of education underscores the stigma that he felt about having missed college. As president, he lectured… — Ron Chernow Education 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 Copy Share Image
“Actually, Hamilton's exploding cannon may have killed as many as six of his men and wounded four or five others. Some critics… — Ron Chernow Fitness 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
“A journalist named C. E. Meade, a nephew of George Gordon Meade, claimed Grant puffed on his last cigar while visiting a… — Ron Chernow 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
“Consequential to the election outcome were the many private contacts in the capital between southern Democrats and Hayes’s northern Republican supporters. At… — Ron Chernow Black community Copy Share Image
