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
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
Journalism still, in a democracy, is the essential force to get the public educated and mobilized to take action on behalf of our ancient ideals. Doris Kearns Goodwin actionancientbehalf Change image and share on social
Roosevelt's strength was that he understood he would never get anything through the Republican old guard, his party, unless the public pressured Congress. Doris Kearns Goodwin congressguardparty Change image and share on social
People tease me about knowing somehow that Obama would put Clinton into the cabinet, and everybody would talk about a team of rivals. Doris Kearns Goodwin cabinetclintonknow 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
'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
Those who knew Lincoln described him as an extraordinarily funny man. Humor was an essential aspect of his temperament. He laughed, he explained, so he did not weep. Doris Kearns Goodwin aspectessentialexplain 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
I think after Sandy Hook, when Obama went out, and he talked a lot about gun control and met with the parents, there was a sense that something was going to happen. But then, I guess, the power of special interests was greater than public sentiment. Doris Kearns Goodwin controlgreatguess share on social