H. W. Brands Quotes
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The nature of revolutions is to sweep the reluctant along.
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Shiloh showed him what he could ask of his men, and indeed what he MUST ask of them.
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Andrew Carnegie was an inventor only in the sense that he adopted and adapted the discoveries of others.
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Reporter Jacob Riis made it his mission to expose the horrors of poverty in New York. New to working with a camera, his flash actually set the walls of One apartment inhabited by five blind people on fire.
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Both sides had more confidence in their opponents weaknesses than their own strength.
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It was a typical point, made in typical style, mixing pride and humility.
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The males of the Hutchinson family that included both religious dissenter Anne and immensely wealthy and politically connected Thomas were merchants who sought salvation through commerce.
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I believe my mother was smart enough to know that in the night, you are willing to tell all. If she waited until the next day, she knew she'd get one-syllable answers.
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In imperial relationships, getting out proves much more complicated than getting in.
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The politics of the possible was being replaced by the politics of purity.
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The very lack of explicit pressure was itself a compelling force, for it created a world in which the expectation of success was simply there, a fact of life as basic as breakfast.
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Such was the code: Strive for victory, but never seem to be self-involved.