The only protection as a historian is to institute a process of research and writing that minimizes the … - Doris Kearns Goodwin

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When every autumn people said it could not last through the winter, and when every spring there was still no end in sight, only the hope that out of it all some good would accrue to mankind kept men and nations fighting. When at last it was over, the war had many diverse results and one dominant one transcending all others: disillusion.

Doris Kearns Goodwin

The only protection as a historian is to institute a process of research and writing that minimizes the possibility of error. And that I have tried to do, aided by modern technology, which enables me, having long since moved beyond longhand, to use a computer for both organizing and taking notes.

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They all start competing against Lincoln as the greatest president. And the [library] building becomes the symbol, the memorial to that dream.

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He (William Howard Taft) had little patience with the unconscious arrogance of conscious wealth and financial success.

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I liked the thought that the book I was now holding had been held by dozens of others.

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I think with Lyndon Johnson, the most important thing I learned was that he never had the sense of security that comes from inside. It always depended on other people making him feel good about himself, which meant that he was always beholden, continually needing to succeed. He could never stop. There was such a restlessness in him.

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Those who knew Lincoln described him as an extraordinarily funny man. Humor was an essential aspect of his temperament. He laughed, he explained, so he did not weep.

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