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Doris Kearns Goodwin Quote: “What fired in Lincoln this furious and fertile time of self-improvement? The answer lay in his readiness to gaze in the mirror and soberly scrutinize himself. Taking stock, he found himself wanting. From the beginning, young Lincoln aspired to nothing less than to inscribe his name into the book of communal memory.”

201. “What fired in Lincoln this furious and fertile time of self-improvement? The answer lay in his readiness to gaze in the mirror and soberly scrutinize himself. Taking stock, he found himself wanting. From the beginning, young Lincoln aspired to nothing less than to inscribe his name into the book of communal memory.”

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

Doris Kearns Goodwin Quote: “Moreover, Lincoln, unlike the brooding Chase, possessed a life-affirming humor and a profound resilience that lightened his despair and fortified his will.”

202. “Moreover, Lincoln, unlike the brooding Chase, possessed a life-affirming humor and a profound resilience that lightened his despair and fortified his will.”

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

Doris Kearns Goodwin Quote: “Still, Roosevelt noted, it was “not always easy to strike the just middle,” and he inevitably made mistakes.”

203. “Still, Roosevelt noted, it was “not always easy to strike the just middle,” and he inevitably made mistakes.”

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Doris Kearns Goodwin Quote: “It was said in the office “that Sam had three hundred ideas a minute, but only JSP knew which one was not crazy.”

204. “It was said in the office “that Sam had three hundred ideas a minute, but only JSP knew which one was not crazy.”

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Doris Kearns Goodwin Quote: “This is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered together at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.”

205. “This is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered together at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.”

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Doris Kearns Goodwin Quote: “By the time they were in their late twenties, all four young men knew that they were leaders. In public service, they had found a calling. They had chosen to stand before the people and ask for their support, to make themselves vulnerable.”

206. “By the time they were in their late twenties, all four young men knew that they were leaders. In public service, they had found a calling. They had chosen to stand before the people and ask for their support, to make themselves vulnerable.”

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Doris Kearns Goodwin Quote: “Find time and space in which to think. As Lincoln began to survey the darkening landscape of the war and consider a new strategy regarding slavery, he needed time to reflect upon both the constitutionality and the ramifications of issuing an emancipation order.”

207. “Find time and space in which to think. As Lincoln began to survey the darkening landscape of the war and consider a new strategy regarding slavery, he needed time to reflect upon both the constitutionality and the ramifications of issuing an emancipation order.”

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

Doris Kearns Goodwin Quote: “Fueled by his resilience, conviction, and strength of will, Lincoln gradually recovered from his depression. He understood, he told Speed later, that in times of anxiety it is critical to “avoid being idle,” that “business and conversation of friends” were necessary to give the mind “rest from that intensity of thought, which will some times wear the sweetest idea threadbare and turn it to the bitterness of death.”

208. “Fueled by his resilience, conviction, and strength of will, Lincoln gradually recovered from his depression. He understood, he told Speed later, that in times of anxiety it is critical to “avoid being idle,” that “business and conversation of friends” were necessary to give the mind “rest from that intensity of thought, which will some times wear the sweetest idea threadbare and turn it to the bitterness of death.”

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

Doris Kearns Goodwin Quote: “FDR, even weakened and near the end of his life, opted to allow disabled veterans to see his true condition. This allowed them to understand the life which could still be before them.”

209. “FDR, even weakened and near the end of his life, opted to allow disabled veterans to see his true condition. This allowed them to understand the life which could still be before them.”

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Doris Kearns Goodwin Quote: “If you are cast on a desert island with only a screwdriver, a hatchet, and a chisel to make a boat with, why, go make the best one you can. It would be better if you had a saw, but you haven’t. So with men.”

210. “If you are cast on a desert island with only a screwdriver, a hatchet, and a chisel to make a boat with, why, go make the best one you can. It would be better if you had a saw, but you haven’t. So with men.”

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

Doris Kearns Goodwin Quote: “His fierce determination to escape an invalid’s fate led him to transform his body and timid demeanor through strenuous work; Taft, on the other hand, blessed from birth with robust health, would allow his physical strength and energy to gradually dissipate over the years into a state of obesity.”

211. “His fierce determination to escape an invalid’s fate led him to transform his body and timid demeanor through strenuous work; Taft, on the other hand, blessed from birth with robust health, would allow his physical strength and energy to gradually dissipate over the years into a state of obesity.”

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

Doris Kearns Goodwin Quote: “Roosevelt repeatedly “brought his clenched fist down on the palm of his other hand.”

212. “Roosevelt repeatedly “brought his clenched fist down on the palm of his other hand.”

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Doris Kearns Goodwin Quote: “A book,” Nellie confided in her diary, “has more fascination for me than anything else.”

213. “A book,” Nellie confided in her diary, “has more fascination for me than anything else.”

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

Doris Kearns Goodwin Quote: “The painful apprehension within the administration mirrored the fears experienced in hundreds of thousands of homes throughout the country.”

214. “The painful apprehension within the administration mirrored the fears experienced in hundreds of thousands of homes throughout the country.”

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Doris Kearns Goodwin Quote: “Things are certainly kaleidoscopic,” Roosevelt telegraphed.”

215. “Things are certainly kaleidoscopic,” Roosevelt telegraphed.”

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Doris Kearns Goodwin Quote: “For political leaders in a democracy are not revolutionaries or leaders of creative thought. The best of them are those who respond wisely to changes and movements already under way. The worst, the least successful, are those who respond badly or not at all, and those who misunderstand the direction of already visible change.”

216. “For political leaders in a democracy are not revolutionaries or leaders of creative thought. The best of them are those who respond wisely to changes and movements already under way. The worst, the least successful, are those who respond badly or not at all, and those who misunderstand the direction of already visible change.”

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

Doris Kearns Goodwin Quote: “Kennedy’s death had unexpectedly brought fulfillment of his greatest ambition in circumstances that must have inspired awesome guilt and doubts.”

217. “Kennedy’s death had unexpectedly brought fulfillment of his greatest ambition in circumstances that must have inspired awesome guilt and doubts.”

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

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