
Edmund Morris - The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt-Random House

“The leader of a political party in a country like ours is so exposed that his enemies become as numerous and formidable as his friends.”
Doris Kearns Goodwin • Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Key to that dynamic equilibrium—and Bush’s ability to speak freely to generals—was support from the top. In the middle of managing a difficult conflict, Bush wrote, “I told FDR that he had handed me a hot potato, and I might have to bump some heads together. I remember well his answer. He said, ‘You go ahead and bump, and I will back you up.’”
Safi Bahcall • Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries
Few leading politicians, in other words, actually participated in the settlement boom. Few, that is, except for Theodore Roosevelt.
Daniel Immerwahr • How to Hide an Empire
The Arrogant and Proud Man. Although he may initially disguise it, this man’s touchy pride makes him very dangerous. Any perceived slight will lead to a vengeance of overwhelming violence. You may say to yourself, “But I only said such-and-such at a party, where everyone was drunk....” It does not matter. There is no sanity behind his overreaction,
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