Big picture Quote by David Pietrusza

“But even a wonderful soloist needs a song. Even a pitch-perfect voice needs a message.”

— David Pietrusza

“The right to resign is one of the cherished privileges of a free man; the willingness to resign, when principle and the public interest…

— David Pietrusza

“Losers break the rules. There's no point in obeying them because if you obey the unwritten rules of civility, you're going to lose anyway.…

— David Pietrusza

“TR on using extramarital accusations against Wilson: "It won't work. You can't cast a man as Romeo who looks and acts like an apothecary's…

— David Pietrusza

“Though there is no evil in righteousness, there is in self-righteousness,”

— David Pietrusza

“Never far removed from the progressive consciousness was a question that was never easily answered: of what value was it to punish offending Democrats,…

— David Pietrusza

“It came down to so many factors: an underdog who refused to surrender, a presumed victor who refused to fight, disgruntled Democrats - on…

— David Pietrusza

“Every presidential nominee says his vice president will be given a serious, important role in his new administration. But it almost never materializes. A…

— David Pietrusza

“To Dewey, if brevity was the soul of wit, stagecraft was the very center of politics.”

— David Pietrusza

“No matter what office LBJ assumed he lifted greater than when he found it.”

— David Pietrusza

“Woodrow Wilson intimate Edward House urged that his boss never first be approached by argument. Instead, the President could be made most receptive by…

— David Pietrusza

“It involves no disrespect for Mrs. Truman to say that her daughter gets a bigger hand than she does,' observed Richard Rovere. 'This country…

— David Pietrusza