“I shall always be grateful for this curious love of history, allowing ...” — Doris Kearns Goodwin Quote

“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.”

“FDR once said he was like a cat, that he would pounce and then relax. That's much harder to do in the 24-hour cable world, because it's almost like the press demands of you to be saying something or doing something every day.”

“Roosevelt's strength was that he understood he would never get anything through the Republican old guard, his party, unless the public pressured Congress.”

“Rather than allowing students and teachers to celebrate their success, some would rather we measure success in Britain in terms of failure; that our education system can only truly be of a high standard if significant numbers lose out. This is no way to build a world-class education system.”

“I went to work at 11 years old. I became governor. It's not a big deal. Work doesn't hurt anybody. I'm all for not allowing a 12-year-old to work 40 hours. But a 12-year-old working eight to 10 hours a week or a 14-year-old working 12 to 15 hours a week is not bad.”