26 ordspråk av Doris Kearns Goodwin
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Somebody said of Chase that he understood men as as a whole but not individual man.
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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln,
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That is what leadership is all about: staking your ground ahead of where opinion is and convincing people, not simply following the popular opinion of the moment.
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That's the difficulty. We don't know what to do with the peace movement, what does it actually mean?
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The past is not simply the past, but a prism through which the subject filters his own changing self-image.
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The past is not simply the past, but a prism through which the subject filters his own changing self-image.
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These are the kinds of moments when a president gives voice to the country. They're remembered forever, if it's done right.
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They all start competing against Lincoln as the greatest president. And the [library] building becomes the symbol, the memorial to that dream.
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They all start competing against Lincoln as the greatest president. And the [library] building becomes the symbol, the memorial to that dream.
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When I first began working on my Lincoln book, nearly a decade ago, he generously invited me to his home so I could peruse his fabulous Lincoln library. He sat with me for hours, suggesting which sources were the most important to begin my journey.
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You can see how a story like that would make people relax.
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