Affection Quote by Jean Edward Smith

“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

“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

“The loneliness of command had made Eisenhower emotionally self-sufficient.”

— Jean Edward Smith

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

“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

Jealousy knows no logic, nor does it respect reciprocity.

— Jean Edward Smith

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

“...if George Washington founded the nation, John Marshall defined it.”

— Jean Edward Smith

“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

“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

“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

“He lifted himself from a wheelchair to lift the nation from its knees.”

— Jean Edward Smith