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“Well,” Thompson replied, “I have never before seen a chauffeur get out of a car and kiss the General good morning when he comes from his office.”3
Jean Edward Smith • Eisenhower in War and Peace
Barnes were awed by Eisenhower’s performance. Barnes said that on one occasion he saw Ike dictate, without stopping, five thousand words that required almost no editing.
Jean Edward Smith • Eisenhower in War and Peace
The best arguments in the world won’t change a person’s mind. The only thing that can do that is a good story. The hair stands up all over her papery skin. That’s what he has tried to make. That’s why he let the state put him away for two lifetimes and still incriminated no one. He has traded his life for a fable that might light up the minds of st
... See moreRichard Powers • The Overstory: A Novel


Britain’s topmost naval official, the first lord of the Admiralty, Winston S. Churchill, sixty-five years old.
Erik Larson • The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz


