Quotes by : Chris Matthews

Historically, the coupling of president and Speaker has been a tricky one that encourages a choreography....

He was experienced enough to spot the downside of doing the right thing.

Anecdotes came with his DNA.

The author defines professionalism as exemplified by his subjects in their mutual unwillingness to take....

The author deduces the best way James Baker serve Reagan as Chief of Staff was to continually remind....

The author, at the time a Carter speechwriter in the 1980 campaign, showed visible distress at his boss's....

The author attributes part of the Carter-Reagan divide to their respective attitudes toward the city....

In politics there is a large difference between loosing and being defeated.

In politics, nothing good ever comes from the unexpected.

He was making the inevitable pivot from critic to manager.