America Quote by Walter A. McDougall

“Until Washington crossed the Delaware, the triumph of the old order seemed inevitable. Thereafter, things would never be the same again.”

— David Hackett Fischer

“In the end, nobody would do more than Alexander Hamilton to infuse life into this parchment and make it the working mandate of the…

— Ron Chernow

“People who were personally concerned about a better world, came to Washington, were drawn to it. Even though where we were going was still…

— Studs Terkel

“These facts about today’s political climate in the United States, and what they imply, would have horrified Jefferson, Washington, Madison, Adams and all their…

— Richard Dawkins

“In addition, it seemed unlikely that one nation could govern an entire continent. The distances were just too great. A critical fact in the…

— Stephen E. Ambrose

Jefferson refused to pin his hopes on the occasional success of honest and unambitious men; on the contrary, the great danger was that philosophers…

— Daniel J. Boorstin

“Americans could achieve Jefferson’s democratic freedoms through Hamilton’s economic development strategies and trade policies.”

— Patrick Mendis

“Some talked,some wrote, and some fought to promote and establish it, but you, Mr. Adams and Mr. Jefferson thought for us all”

— Benjamin Rush

“I was starting to feel that Washington was a city run by two rival gangs that had a great deal in common with each…

— Peggy Noonan

“To achieve these Jeffersonian ends, Alexander Hamilton—Jefferson’s philosophical rival—devised an ingenious strategy that entailed a strong manufacturing base, a national banking system, a centralized…

— Patrick Mendis

“America has always been torn between the ideal and the real, between noble goals and inevitable compromises. So was Jefferson. In his head and…

— Jon Meacham