“(President) Lyndon Johnson still snapped between exultation and insecurity.”
Source: Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus
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Source: The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan
“College was at the heart of his sentimental imagination.”
Source: The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan
“Governing is not a hero's profession. It is a profession of compromises.”
Source: The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan
“A confused and weak man hides his weakness and uncertainty with fiery speeches.”
Source: Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus
“Almost alone among successful politicians, he took slights personally.”
Source: Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus
Source: Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus
Source: Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus
Source: Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus
Source: Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America
Source: The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan
“Fifties advertising was a dogmatic art, to the point of pretending to be a science.”
Source: Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus
Source: Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America
Source: Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America
“They made strategy at 33,000 feet (on) the campaign plane.”
Source: Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus
“One does not hold a conversation with him. One holds a symposium. – Elizabeth Drew”
Source: The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan
Source: Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus
“The task of defending capitalism was still important to leave to the capitalists.”
Source: Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus
“Rebelling against the status quo was one of the definitions of conservatism.”
Source: Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus
Source: Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus
Source: The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan
Source: Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus
Source: Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America
“They campaigned on contempt for the body they sought to join.”
Source: The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan
Source: Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America
“I cant summarize my favorite movie, Jacques Tatis Play Time. You just have to see it.”
“Ive summarized dozens of books in my literary career; its become rather second nature.”