Quotes by : Joseph J. Ellis

They were trying to orchestrate a revolution, which almost by definition generated a sense of collective....

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

Ordinary British soldiers harbored several strange preconceptions of their own. Some were surprised that....

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....

Antislavery idealists might prefer to live in some better world, which like all such places was too good....

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

The strategic center of the rebellion was not a place – not New York, Philadelphia, not the Hudson....

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