Young man Quote by Derek Hart

“We have the right to demand that if we find men against whom there is not only suspicion, but almost a certainty that they…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

“A man who will steal for me will steal from me." Theodore Roosevelt, dismissing on the spot one of his best cowhands who was…

— David G. McCullough

“Captain Miller, we know that you are connected with military intelligence, and can obtain classified documents.”

— Karl Braungart

“Speak softly, but carry a big stick. —Theodore Roosevelt, U.S. president”

— Adam M. Grant

“Well, Colonel, there is diplomacy and there is reality. Our ambassador represents diplomacy. I represent reality. And the reality is we don't want you.”

— Stephen Kinzer

“Back in Washington, alone in the late afternoon of December 7, a chastened Franklin Roosevelt considered the situation.  He may have wondered how things…

— Dale A. Jenkins

“Now the colonel seemed to grieve for his President again, because he said, “This world spits out a beautiful man like he was poison.”

— Denis Johnson

“There is not in the world a more ignoble character than the mere money-getting American, insensitive to every duty, regardless of every principle, bent…

— Timothy Egan

“And if the Colonel thought that calling me his friend would make me stand by him, well, he was right.”

— John Green

“I guess if you were going to do something so stupid as to be president, you would want to go for something big.” “I…

— Kim Stanley Robinson

“Rewriting a peace treaty," he said. "Semester project." Talk about a thrill-a-minute. "Why are we moving the desks?" He snorted. "Who the hell knows.…

— Brigid Kemmerer

“I love peace, but it is because I love justice and not because I am afraid of war,” Roosevelt told the spellbound crowd. “I…

— Candice Millard