Quote by Jean Edward Smith Download Open image ““He lifted himself from a wheelchair to lift the nation from its knees.”” — Jean Edward Smith ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Even the ground beneath his feet feels unsatisfying to his boots.” — Erin Morgenstern Copy Share Image
“He sees me staring and raises his hands in the air like what the shit, dude? “I will use a wheelchair if and when… — C.M. Stunich Copy Share Image
“He felt more human with his boots on. A man can face the world with something on his feet.” — Robert Harris Copy Share Image
“He who kneels may rise again, blade in hand. He who will not kneel stays dead, stiff legs and all.” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“You never knelt to get anywhere. You are where you are because you're fucking capable, and willing to risk everything to do right, and… — Ann Leckie Copy Share Image
“it made me want to bust his kneecaps and then ride his body once it hit the floor.” — A.J. Aalto Copy Share Image
“There was already something dead about him. He didn’t rear back in his knees any longer. He squatted over his ankles when he walked.… — Zora Neale Hurston Copy Share Image
“Lincoln responded: I have just received your dispatch of 1 p.m. yesterday. —I begin to see it. You will succeed. — God bless you… — Jean Edward Smith Copy Share Image
“Despite Sumner’s vigorous opposition, the Senate, after an all-night debate, adopted a resolution introduced by Senator Oliver P. Morton of Indiana authorizing the commission,… — Jean Edward Smith Copy Share Image
“The loneliness of command had made Eisenhower emotionally self-sufficient.” — Jean Edward Smith Copy Share Image
Author says that, while Eisenhower had other intellectual mentors, he learned how to lead men from Gen. Walter Krueger. Krueger was the first American… — Jean Edward Smith Copy Share Image
“The only time I ever deliberately resolved to do an expedient thing for party reasons, against my own judgment, was on the occasion of… — Jean Edward Smith Copy Share Image
The Italian government, a free French newspaper tartly observed, never finished a war on the same side it started on – unless the war… — Jean Edward Smith Copy Share Image
“...if George Washington founded the nation, John Marshall defined it.” — Jean Edward Smith Copy Share Image
“Eisenhower on Patton: "Fundamentally, he is so avid for recognition as a great commander that he won't with ruthlessly suppress any habit that will… — Jean Edward Smith Copy Share Image
“Rice assumed her duty was to translate Bush's instincts and intuition into policy. Instincts and intuition are a poor substitute for reasoned analysis. [...]… — Jean Edward Smith Copy Share Image
“Eisenhower and Patton, old friends and figures crucial to the Allies' upcoming success, conferred over yet another gaffe on Patton's part that could have… — Jean Edward Smith Copy Share Image
“As proof that HOW we see things matters, Gen. Montgomery took a preprepared text that had been deemed an innocuous complement to his American… — Jean Edward Smith Copy Share Image