Quotes by : John Taliaferro

The author observes that the friendship of John Hay and Charles Francis Adams benefited from a physical....

Good luck belongs to those who know how and are not afraid." John Hay to President Theodore Roosevelt....

He had no desire to grandstand for his country or himself.

When we get to Heaven, we can try a monarchy, perhaps." John Hay

The Admiral so regrets failure, he cannot THINK of success.

In Washington, the venerable were often vulnerable.

Because we have only one (life) we go about blundering along him nervous haste.

In this slipshod age, we need object lessons in language and thought. – Edith Wharton on an address....

I like to introduce myself, because THEN I can get in all the facts." The usually self-deprecating John....

Behind those thick glasses (of TR's) was a man who did not blink.