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... See moreRussell was for twenty-six years either Chairman or dominant member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, which oversaw the battle readiness of the nation’s far-flung legions and armadas. As senators of Rome had insisted that, regardless of the cost, the legions must be kept at full complement because the peace and stability of the known world—th
Not only does a Governor not interfere with an official like Robert Moses; he heaps on him more and more responsibilities. No matter what the job was, it seemed, if it was difficult Roosevelt turned to the same man. During 1930, 1931 and 1932, Moses handled more than a dozen special assignments for Roosevelt and produced results on every one. And i
... See moreRobert A. Caro • The Power Broker
Throughout his career, Moses had charmed people he needed—and then, as soon as he didn’t need them any longer, had turned on them.
Robert A. Caro • The Power Broker
His control of the Legislature, cemented by patronage and favors, remained as solid during the postwar as the prewar era.
Robert A. Caro • The Power Broker
Within the reorganized framework of state government, therefore, parks would be a separate, self-governing, very independent duchy.
Robert A. Caro • The Power Broker
A borough president, searching desperately for a means of obtaining large-scale public works for his borough, could find only one way: to cooperate with Moses. He had no choice in the matter. Supposedly the servant of these elected representatives of the sovereign people of the city, Robert Moses was in reality their master.
Robert A. Caro • The Power Broker
Robert Moses had also learned from the Taylor Estate fight, his first use of power, lessons that would govern his behavior for the rest of his life.
Robert A. Caro • The Power Broker
Moses submitted the designs for his structures—on the very day that their construction was beginning, so that by the time the commission got around to considering them, they were finished.)
Robert A. Caro • The Power Broker
The net result of all his work was nothing. There was no civil service standardization, no great highway along the Hudson, no mothers’ shelters in Central Park.