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“cold which threw me back a little.” As the weather grew warmer, she hoped to come home but was uncertain when they might be…

— Jon Meacham

“Jackson, on the other hand, would be reinforced with several regiments, bringing his total force to 18,500. Robert E. Lee wrote to tell him,…

— Charles River Editors

“Despite a legacy consisting of enough violence and death for twenty men, Jackson admitted to having two regrets on his deathbed: “I didn’t shoot…

— Daniel O'Brien

“Before leaving, Jackson assembled his brigade to bid them this farewell: “Officers and Soldiers of the First Brigade: I am not here to make…

— Charles River Editors

Had Calhoun been advised by me, he would have been the Candidate in opposition to General Jackson, and elected and the country saved the…

— Duff Green

But the admiration for Jackson was by no means confined to his own soldiers and to his own section.

— Anonymous

“He won that election in the byways,” Bill Deason says. Ava Cox says: “That’s what made Lyndon Johnson be elected the first time.… He…

— Robert A. Caro

“Apparently, I was taking U.S. History again this year, which was the only history taught at Jackson, making the name redundant. I would be…

— Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl

“The significance of LBJ's personal traits accounted for the growing belief, especially by anti-war activists, that Vietnam was "Johnson's War." His critics are correct…

— James T. Patterson

“Lyndon Johnson. The junior congressman saw two things that no one else saw. The first was a possible connection between two groups that had…

— Robert A. Caro

“As several historians have pointed out, it would have made little sense for Fidel to do something that would risk having his country invaded…

— Lamar Waldron

“New Rule: The Jacksons must trot out at least one family member who doesn't make us all ask, "What went on in that house?”

— Bill Maher