Fallen Founder Quotes

“What separates history from myth is that history takes in the whole picture, whereas myth averts our eyes from the truth when it turns men into heroes and gods.”
― Nancy Isenberg, Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr

“History is not a bedtime story. It is a comprehensive engagement with often obscure documents and books no longer read—books shelved in old archives, and fragile pamphlets contemporaneous with the subject under study—all of which reflect a world view not ours.”
― Nancy Isenberg, Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr

“The main thrust of Burr’s argument was that citizenship came from consent. Drawing on his favorite writer, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Burr defended the basic premise of the social contract: citizens were not born, but made, through their participation in civil society. Gallatin”
― Nancy Isenberg, Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr