Morgenthau Quotes

“Within a year, he had discovered it: Harlem, in particular 125th and 126th streets, the broad prospects lined with shops and row houses. “Nearly all of Harlem was for sale,” Henry remembered. Block after block of the stone and brick houses built a decade earlier had passed to mortgagees, while those who owned the houses were “thoroughly discouraged and could see little hope in the future.”
― Andrew Meier, Morgenthau: Power, Privilege, and the Rise of an American Dynasty

“Dear Lazarus! I agree with you entirely that it is best for me to go with you, for only in your company do I enjoy myself most completely…. I kiss you warmly and am, as always, your ever-loving Babette Morgenthau”
― Andrew Meier, Morgenthau: Power, Privilege, and the Rise of an American Dynasty

“As often happens in large families, the Morgenthau siblings divided along age lines. They paired up in alliances, squared off in rivalries.”
― Andrew Meier, Morgenthau: Power, Privilege, and the Rise of an American Dynasty