“Stephen Douglas's oratory was designed for the galleries, Lincoln's for his peers”
Source: Lincoln and the Power of the Press: The War for Public Opinion
“Horace Greeley pursues temperance to extravagance." Lord Acton”
Source: Lincoln and the Power of the Press: The War for Public Opinion
“We can choose to humble ourselves by receiving counsel and chastisement. We can choose to humble ourselves by forgiving those who have offended us. We can choose to humble ourselves by rendering selfless service. We can choose to humble ourselves by going on missions and preaching the word that can humble others. We can choose to humble ourselves by getting to the temple more frequently. We can choose to humble ourselves by confessing and forsaking our sins and being born of God. We can choose to humble ourselves by loving God, submitting our will to His, and putting Him first in our lives. Let us choose to be humble. We can do it. I know we can.”
“When meeting criticism, he would regard it not as something to resent but as a thing to be examined, like an interesting beetle. "That's a curious view, not uninteresting.”
Source: The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
“As his former student Alastair Fowler once remarked, "Lewis seemed always on the verge of hilarity -- between a chuckle and a roar.”
“In front of an audience of Protestant clergy, the Catholic JFK "was drawing strength from his vulnerability.”
Source: 1960--LBJ vs. JFK vs. Nixon: The Epic Campaign That Forged Three Presidencies
“The wings of the dove are as soft as they are swift. Gentleness is a sure result of the Sacred Dove's transforming power: hearts touched by His benign influence are meek and lowly henceforth and for ever.”
Source: Morning and Evening, Based on the English Standard Version
“Henry Cabot Lodge was like medicine, good for you, but hard to take. – Teddy White”
Source: 1960--LBJ vs. JFK vs. Nixon: The Epic Campaign That Forged Three Presidencies
“Death is never swift... No matter how those left behind would like to comfort themselves with the thought. -Before Ever After”
“Pat Conroy embraced his new hometown with the grateful passion of a refugee.”