From Wealth to Power Quotes

“growth of presidential power in the twenty years after Grant is undeniable. Leonard White lists five arenas in which Congress and the White House struggled for power, with the president winning significant victories in each: executive independence in cabinet nominations; executive independence in appointments in general; congressional attempts to dictate policy and the assertion of the president's veto power; executive independence in the dismissal of officials; and the somewhat intangible shift in policy leadership from the legislative to the executive branch. 55”
― Fareed Zakaria, From Wealth to Power: The Unusual Origins of America's World Role

“Wilson was eight years old when Lincoln died; while he was growing up, the occupants of the White House were Andrew Johnson, Ulysses Grant, Rutherford Hayes, James Garfield, and Chester Arthur. It was the high tide of congressional power. Yet even as he completed his treatise, Grover Cleveland won the 1884”
― Fareed Zakaria, From Wealth to Power: The Unusual Origins of America's World Role