"He forced himself into good spirits."
- H.W. Brands
"Soldiers in foreign camps, so far from being missionaries for good, require missionaries themselves, more than the natives. Andrew Carnegie"
"Shiloh showed him what he could ask of his men, and indeed what he MUST ask of them."
"He has not shown the special interest in reading that we should like to see but he likes shop work. George H. W. Bush's parents on his Andover application"
"His notes to the outside world offered a window on an active, sympathetic, eclectic mind."
"The sight of big ships, of the many new uniforms, at once serious and cool, left Bush with an overall sense of the navy's power and camaraderie and purpose."
"When speculators have once entered Wall Street, they never leave it except in a pine box or a rosewood case, according to circumstances."
"He lived in terror of, well, becoming ordinary."
"It's philanthropy, but it's good politics, too. Mighty good politics. The poor are some of the most grateful people in the world. George Washington Plunkett."
"William "Boss" Tweed was in such thorough control in New York that he made money off of the report the committee printed after investigating him."