America Quote by Candice Millard

“Garfield's shooting had also revealed to the American people how vulnerable they were. In the little more than a century since its inception, the…

— Candice Millard

“I so much despise a man who blows his own horn, that I go to the other extreme.”

— Candice Millard

“I must say that I thought there was some derangement of his mental organization.”

— Candice Millard

“One of Roosevelt's most entrenched beliefs, as a cowboy, a hunter, a soldier, and an explorer, was that the health of one man should…

— Candice Millard

“Of course I deprecate war,” he wrote, “but if it is brought to my door the bringer will find me at home.”

— Candice Millard

If uncovering the truth is the greatest challenge of nonfiction writing, it is also the greatest reward.

— Candice Millard

More often than not, real life is so rich, complex and unpredictable that it would seem completely implausible in the pages of a novel.

— Candice Millard

“The author points out strikingly different reactions to calamity. While many passengers of a devastating shipwreck were thankful to be alive, future presidential assassin…

— Candice Millard

“convex side of the train,” he wrote, “when both the”

— Candice Millard

With the Lincoln assassination, the South didn't feel it could mourn along with the North. But Garfield was beloved by all the American people.…

— Candice Millard

“The ordinary traveler, who never goes off the beaten route and who on this beaten route is carried by others, without himself doing anything…

— Candice Millard

As I have encountered difficult moments in my own life, I have been privileged to learn from the great men I have come to…

— Candice Millard