Quotes by : Joseph J. Ellis

His (Washington's) apparent paralysis was the result of balancing two imperatives: his reputation against....

in time to come be shaped by the human mind.” Asked

Burr had the dark and severe coloring of his Edwards ancestry, with black hair receding from the forehead....

It took him (Washington) more than a year to gain control over his own aggressive instincts.

Because he could not afford to fail, he could not afford to trust.

Contemporaries of Alexander Hamilton noticed "his conspicuous sense of self-possession, his unique combination....

If you knew how the journey was going to end, you could afford to be patient along the path.

Washington not only fit the bill physically, he was also almost perfect psychologically, so comfortable....

Clinton had displayed his lifelong tendency to make enemies of all his superiors, who never seemed to....

The first symptom of the trouble appeared when Madison studied Hamilton’s proposal for the funding....