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“Abraham Lincoln struck off the chains of black Americans, but it was Lyndon Johnson who led them into voting booths, closed democracy’s sacred curtain behind them, placed their hands upon the lever that gave them a hold on their own destiny, made them, at last and forever, a true part of American political life.”
Robert A. Caro • Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson III
Pour Tocqueville, l’histoire est faite par des mouvements de fond – à son époque, la montée de la société démocratique –, mais aussi par les dirigeants. Ainsi s’expliquent à la fois le pluralisme des institutions et le destin différent de pays aussi proches que la France et le Royaume-Uni. Aussi n’est-il pas moins important de comprendre les hommes
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As Arthur Schlesinger Jr. was to write: The Founding Fathers appear to have envisaged the treaty-making process as a genuine exercise in concurrent authority, in which the President and Senate would collaborate at all stages.… One third plus one of the senators … retained the power of life and death over the treaties.
Robert A. Caro • Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson III
Tocqueville possédait assurément la vision d’un homme d’État mais restait étranger à la politique partisane et mal à l’aise avec l’éloquence parlementaire à laquelle sa fragile constitution ne se prêtait guère.
Nicolas Baverez • Le Monde selon Tocqueville: Combats pour la liberté (French Edition)
Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Faimly, a Vanished Way of Life and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt
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King of Capital: The Remarkable Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Steve Schwarzman and Blackstone
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Favorite documentaries The Fog of War (Errol Morris)—Many guests recommend this. It’s incredible and has an unbelievable 98% average on Rotten Tomatoes. Brother’s Keeper (Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky) Hoop Dreams (Steve James) Enron: Smartest Guys in the Room and Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (Alex Gibney)