I shall always be grateful for this curious love of history, allowing me to spend a lifetime looking back into the past, allowing me to learn from these large figures about the struggle for meaning for life. Doris Kearns Goodwin allowbackcurious share on social
Taft was Roosevelt's handpicked successor. I didn't know how deep the friendship was between the two men until I read their almost four hundred letters, stretching back the to early '30s. It made me realize the heartbreak when they ruptured was much more than a political division. Doris Kearns Goodwin 30sbackdeep share on social
A lot of times when people are on campaigns, it can be like a movie set. Doris Kearns Goodwin campaignlotmovie Change image and share on social
I now rely on a scanner, which reproduces the passages I want to cite, and then I keep my own comments on those books in a separate file so that I will never confuse the two again. Doris Kearns Goodwin bookcitecomment Change image and share on social
I really believe that what happens one day affects the next, and I think that came from that experience of learning that if I told the score inning by inning, play by play, it built up to its natural climax. Doris Kearns Goodwin affectbuildclimax share on social
The only protection as a historian is to institute a process of research and writing that minimizes the possibility of error. And that I have tried to do, aided by modern technology, which enables me, having long since moved beyond longhand, to use a computer for both organizing and taking notes. Doris Kearns Goodwin aidcomputerenable share on social
That is what leadership is all about: staking your ground ahead of where opinion is and convincing people, not simply following the popular opinion of the moment. Doris Kearns Goodwin aheadconvincegrind Change image and share on social
'The bully pulpit' is somewhat diminished in our age of fragmented attention and fragmented media. Doris Kearns Goodwin ageattentionbully Change image and share on social
The past is not simply the past, but a prism through which the subject filters his own changing self-image. Doris Kearns Goodwin changefilterimage Change image and share on social
Ironically, the more intensive and far-reaching a historian's research, the greater the difficulty of citation. As the mountain of material grows, so does the possibility of error. Doris Kearns Goodwin citationdifficultyerror Change image and share on social