Near Great Quotes
- As you may recall, Truman was extremely unpopular when he finally left Washington in 1953, thanks largely to the Korean War. Today, however, he is… — Thomas Frank
- Truman is now seen as a near-great president because he put in place the containment doctrine boosted by the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan… — Robert Dallek
- The finest chroniclers of the great and the near-great have often been courtiers - the Duc de Saint-Simon, for instance, or Lady Murasaki. — Robert Gottlieb
- One of the odder byways of nonfiction is the dishy memoir by those who have served the great or the near-great. — Robert Gottlieb