Doris Kearns Goodwin Quotes

The turn of the century was the age of the banker, so much so that the leading bankers of the day had become legendary figures in the public imagination-vast, overshadowing behemoths whose colossal power seemed to reach everywhere.

Doris Kearns Goodwin

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• The turn of the century was the age of the banker, so much so that the leading bankers of the day had become legendary figures in the public imagination-vast, overshadowing behemoths whose colossal power seemed to reach everywhere.

  

  Doris Kearns Goodwin
  • Power
  • Age
  • Imagination