I liked the thought that the book I was now holding had been held by dozens of others. — Doris Kearns Goodwin
Perhaps no American family-with the possible exception of the Adams family-has had — Doris Kearns Goodwin
Washington was a typical American. Napoleon was a typical Frenchman, but Lincoln — Doris Kearns Goodwin
While its [Harvard’s] undergraduate life was still controlled [in 1908-1912] by a — Doris Kearns Goodwin
Politicians generally form alliances and not friendships. Individuals and institutions achieve their — Doris Kearns Goodwin
Lincoln had internalized the pain of those around him-the wounded soldiers, the — Doris Kearns Goodwin
Good leadership requires you to surround yourself with people of diverse perspectives — Doris Kearns Goodwin
He (William Howard Taft) had little patience with the unconscious arrogance of — Doris Kearns Goodwin
Washington was a typical American. Napoleon was a typical Frenchman, but Lincoln — Doris Kearns Goodwin
Ironically, the more intensive and far-reaching a historian’s research, the greater the — Doris Kearns Goodwin
The past is not simply the past, but a prism through which the subject filters his own changing self-image. — Doris Kearns Goodwin
That is what leadership is all about: staking your ground ahead of where opinion is and — Doris Kearns Goodwin