Quotes by : John Taliaferro

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

Beaten armies always shout, "TREASON!

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.

John Hay points to our our history of getting lost in suffering when, "so close together were pain and....

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

John Hay indicates that dealing with people directly as a holder of political office "requires a stronger....

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.