Barbara W. Tuchman, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
"The author says one patrician English leader saw his relationship with the populace thusly: He wasn't responsible TO them. He was responsible FOR them. He was responsible for their care."
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"The author says one patrician English leader saw his relationship with the populace thusly: He wasn't responsible TO them. He was responsible FOR them. He was responsible for their care."
Barbara W. Tuchman, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
"The art of oratory was considered part of the equipment of a statesman."
Barbara W. Tuchman, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
"Diplomacy's primary law: LEAVE ROOM FOR NEGOTIATION."
Barbara W. Tuchman, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
"What other country has had the privilege of making the world's heart beat faster?"
Barbara W. Tuchman, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
"William Mc Kinley was a man made to be managed."
Barbara W. Tuchman, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
"House Speaker Thomas Reed could destroy an argument or expose a fallacy in fewer words than anyone else. His language was vivid and picturesque. He had a way of phrasing things which was peculiarly apt and peculiarly his own."
Barbara W. Tuchman, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
"Everything interested him and everything excited him."
Barbara W. Tuchman, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
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