Quotes by : John Ferling

Alexander Hamilton reflected as early as the middle of the Revolutionary War that rallying at the last....

Jefferson attributes to a college professor and mentor his lifelong habit of questioning conventional....

The author distinguishes George Washington's leadership from that of another aristocratic general whose....

Jefferson was the rare student who came to college already knowing that there could be joy in studying.....

The author characterizes Hamilton's tone in the Federalist papers by saying that he never spoke of problems....

Established churches not infrequently formed an alliance with the aristocracy , joining arm in arm against....

Were people to mingle only with those of like mind, every man would be an insulate being." Thomas Jefferson....

For leaders, wars are filled with guesses.

Jefferson determined the lodestar that lay hidden in the motivations of others

The feelings of politicians are rarely transparent.