Quotes by H.W. Brands, American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900

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He (the immigrant father) would walk by proxy in the Elysian fields of liberal learning. — H.W. Brands, American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900
The nature of revolutions is to sweep the reluctant along. — H.W. Brands, American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900
A live-in domestic worker: "You are never sure that your soul is your own except when you are out of the house. — H.W. Brands, American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900
A young mark twain on the make: "I can't turn in inkstand into Aladdin's lamp. — H.W. Brands, American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900
This senate was a place where good Representatives went when they died. Thomas Reed — H.W. Brands, American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900
The horizons of man are incomparably narrower than that of the land on which he toils. Editor of the Nebraska journal — H.W. Brands, American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900
I believe the road to preeminent success in any line is to make yourself master IN THAT LINE. I have no faith in the pol — H.W. Brands, American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900
Both sides had more confidence in their opponents' weaknesses than their own strength. — H.W. Brands, American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900
Once information slipped the bonds of gravity and friction, it tended to gather where it was most valuable. — H.W. Brands, American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900
Cities force growth and make men talkative and entertaining, but they make them artificial. Ralph Waldo Emerson — H.W. Brands, American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900
It may be that the voice of the people is the voice of God 51 times out of 100. But the remaining 49 times, it is the vo — H.W. Brands, American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900
The first 10 days of a cattle drive were the most critical, as a stampede was most likely when the cattle were closest t — H.W. Brands, American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900
One with God is always a majority. But many have been burned at the stake while the boats were being counted. Thomas Ree — H.W. Brands, American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900
Andrew Carnegie was an inventor only in the sense that he adopted and adapted the discoveries of others. — H.W. Brands, American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900
Teain had no difficulty generating the indignation of a satirist. He lack the patience of a reformer. — H.W. Brands, American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900
In the immediate aftermath of the great Chicago fire, a business proprietor erected a shack in front of his burned-out b — H.W. Brands, American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900
Theodore Roosevelt came to Dekota to experience the dying of one age with the slaying of a rare buffalo and the dawning — H.W. Brands, American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900
Chinese immigrant: "Americans make a mere practice of loving justice. — H.W. Brands, American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900
J.P. Morgan learned to fish in troubled waters. — H.W. Brands, American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900
America's mission is to join the most ancient civilizations with the most modern. John Augustus Roeblin — H.W. Brands, American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900