Quotes by : Ron Chernow

Again and again in his career, Hamilton committed the same political error: he never knew when to stop,....

(regarding Charles Lee) This eccentric and notably slovenly man was always trailed by his beloved dogs.....

I have developed a very strong partiality for the dead: they don't talk back, they don't sue, and they....

As often is the case with addictions, the fanciful notion of a gradual discontinuance only provided a....

If you go back to the time of J.P. Morgan, the world of high finance was completely wholesale. The prestigious....

I can bear to hear of imputed or real errors. The man who wishes to stand well in the opinion of others....

Jay was attacked with peculiar venom. Near his New York home, the walls of a building were defaced with....

Washington once advised his adopted grandson that where there is no occasion for expressing an opinion,....

Hamilton wanted to lead the electorate and provide expert opinion instead of consulting popular opinion.....

And shall we at last become the victims of our own abominable lust of gain? Forbid it, Heaven." Washington....