Quotes by John Taliaferro, All the Great Prizes : The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt

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John Hay on Lincoln: "He always worked with things as they were, while never relinquishing the desire to make them bette — John Taliaferro, All the Great Prizes : The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt
John Hay indicates that dealing with people directly as a holder of political office "requires a stronger heart and a mo — John Taliaferro, All the Great Prizes : The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt
Good luck belongs to those who know how and are not afraid." John Hay to President Theodore Roosevelt — John Taliaferro, All the Great Prizes : The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt
Behind those thick glasses (of TR's) was a man who did not blink. — John Taliaferro, All the Great Prizes : The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt
John Hay points to our our history of getting lost in suffering when, "so close together were pain and antidote. — John Taliaferro, All the Great Prizes : The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt
I like to introduce myself, because THEN I can get in all the facts." The usually self-deprecating John Hay on the ironi — John Taliaferro, All the Great Prizes : The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt
He had no desire to grandstand for his country or himself. — John Taliaferro, All the Great Prizes : The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt
If he could be hard on kings and cabinets, he was invariably kind to his colleagues. — John Taliaferro, All the Great Prizes : The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt
The Admiral so regrets failure, he cannot THINK of success. — John Taliaferro, All the Great Prizes : The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt
In this slipshod age, we need object lessons in language and thought. – Edith Wharton on an address by John Hay — John Taliaferro, All the Great Prizes : The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt
Henry Adams observes that John Hay has the ability to take the world as a whole rather than pulling it to pieces in crit — John Taliaferro, All the Great Prizes : The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt
Because we have only one (life) we go about blundering along him nervous haste. — John Taliaferro, All the Great Prizes : The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt
When we get to Heaven, we can try a monarchy, perhaps." John Hay — John Taliaferro, All the Great Prizes : The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt
The author observes that the friendship of John Hay and Charles Francis Adams benefited from a physical distance that re — John Taliaferro, All the Great Prizes : The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt
In Washington, the venerable were often vulnerable. — John Taliaferro, All the Great Prizes : The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt
He did not so much follow his father's example as his father's vision. — John Taliaferro, All the Great Prizes : The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt
Beaten armies always shout, "TREASON! — John Taliaferro, All the Great Prizes : The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt