Presidential Courage Quotes

“hip Simon & Schuster,”
― Michael R. Beschloss, Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders & How They Changed America 1789-1989

“his crusade against the Bank was right, his faith in Providence, and the grim knowledge that, with his cherished Rachel gone, there was little his foes could take from him.”
― Michael R. Beschloss, Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders & How They Changed America 1789-1989

“the whole reptile would grow back to menace the American people.”
― Michael R. Beschloss, Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders & How They Changed America 1789-1989

“Washington replied that Randolph could “publish, without reserve, any and every private and confidential letter I ever wrote you; nay more, every word I have ever uttered in your presence.”
― Michael R. Beschloss, Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders & How They Changed America 1789-1989

“He agreed with his old friend Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts, who thought a large standing army was like a swollen penis, providing “an excellent assurance of domestic tranquility, but a dangerous temptation to foreign adventure.” *”
― Michael R. Beschloss, Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders & How They Changed America 1789-1989

“You have led public opinion by allowing it to get ahead of you.”
― Michael R. Beschloss, Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders & How They Changed America 1789-1989

“He wrote Congress that the Constitution’s framers had not foreseen the “startling” rise and “grave evils” of corporate monopolies. Since the trusts crossed state lines, the U.S. government should oversee them—especially the railroads, “through which the crucial lifeblood of this nation flows.” Before sending his message to Capitol Hill, Roosevelt had politely shown his decree to Hanna, who warned, “I see dynamite in it.” *”
― Michael R. Beschloss, Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders & How They Changed America 1789-1989