"He was a product of a culture where it was generally counterproductive to hold grudges."
- H.W. Brands
"He had always had a gift for conjuring images in his mind's eye. It was one of the secrets of his military success."
"This senate was a place where good Representatives went when they died. Thomas Reed"
"The horizons of man are incomparably narrower than that of the land on which he toils. Editor of the Nebraska journal"
"I believe the road to preeminent success in any line is to make yourself master IN THAT LINE. I have no faith in the policy of scattering one's resources. Andrew Carnegie"
"Ben Franklin advises his grandson not to let even the American Revolution interrupt his studies, urging of young adulthood, "This is the time of life in which you are to lay the foundations of your fu..."
"Proving himself to himself was no small matter."
"Both sides had more confidence in their opponents' weaknesses than their own strength."
"Once information slipped the bonds of gravity and friction, it tended to gather where it was most valuable."
"Cities force growth and make men talkative and entertaining, but they make them artificial. Ralph Waldo Emerson"