Quotes by : Robert A. Caro

The breath of life of the Senate is, of course, continuity,

It was Abraham Lincoln who struck off the chains of black Americans, but it was Lyndon Johnson who led....

He could follow someone’s mind around, and get where it was going before the other fellow knew where....

He could be as memorable an orator as his father, particularly when he was speaking on that topic that....

its size, the House was an environment in which, as one observer put it, members “could be dealt with....

Sam Rayburn on LBJ's recuperation from his heart attack: "It would kill him if he relaxed.

The most important thing a man has to tell you is what he’s not telling you,” he said. “The most....

You can draw any kind of picture you want on a clean slate and indulge your every whim in the wilderness....

A newcomer could ascertain the identity of a town's true leaders – which storekeeper was respected,....

That speech (Daniel Webster's) “raised the idea of Union above contract or expediency and enshrined....