Quotes by : Richard Brookhiser

Depression can seem absurdly self aggrandizing to those who do not experience it, But that does not make....

One of the highest marks of citizenship is fighting for the common defense.

As with almost every long oration, there were loose ends.

She noticed, as an exceptional woman would, that her stepson was exceptional.

Dominance can be a tempration to division. "There are so many of us, we can afford to fight amongst ourselves.....

Jefferson could strike up the band even when he was being lazy or fearful.

It was as simple as walking and as hard as walking on with so far gone and so far yet to go.

The lightheaded and the fashionable are always willing to shed tears for distant underdogs.

The towering genius is not apolitical.

Lincoln learned to summon the passions, but he never addressed his audience as sweethearts.