Quotes from Ron Chernow

Democratic army would stage a military raid on Washington and declare Tilden the winner. To guard against this menace, Grant and Sherman redeployed troops from the interior to Washington and secured the federal arsenal along with three critical bridges leading to the capital.

When pushed, he always stood his ground.

This relentless price war forced Tidewater to operate at half capacity.

Dodd, do you often act for both sides in a case?

Sticking with his habitual policy of creative procrastination, Rockefeller promised nothing and invited Gates for breakfast the next morning.

He knew that his actions would at first be resisted and misunderstood by the myopic crowd, but he believed that the force and truth of his ideas would triumph in the end.

Even amid an insurrection that he supported, he fretted about the damage to constituted authority and worried about mob rule. Like

His constant nightmare was that he would promote dependence, sapping the Protestant work ethic.

about a billion dollars in tax-free income per annum in today's money.

Hamilton and Madison were again pitted in a fundamental contest over whether the executive or legislative branch would run American foreign policy. Hamilton was relieved when Washington denied Congress the treaty instructions.

Even as a teenager, he felt protective toward Fanny and sometimes sounded more like parent than child.

Don't overwork like Coster just because you can and like to do it.

Emergencies seemed to fortify his confidence even as they introduced doubt or terror in others.

On April 30, 1796, Federalists eked out a razor-thin victory of fifty-one to forty-eight in the House to make money available for the Jay Treaty.

Every nation has a right to carve out its own happiness in its own way."25

He said that he felt that the time had about come when the companies should work together with a view of preventing other companies from engaging in the business

To maximize its leverage over Wall Street, it scattered its gigantic balances among many banks;

He constantly reminded his son that it was easier to launch a charitable commitment than to end it.

Since money meant nothing to them, they had to stress the sentimental value of gifts.

I will venture to pronounce it one of the most ludicrous performances which has been exhibited to public view during all the present controversy-Alexander Hamilton

He was methodical to an extreme, careful as to details and exacting to a fraction.

Standard Oil of New York also made large loans to banks, brokerage houses, railroads, and steel companies.

The court approved Hamilton's argument that this excise tax was legal and that Congress had power "over every species of taxable property, except exports."5 The decision in Hylton v. United States not only endorsed Hamilton's broad view of federal taxing power but represented the first time the Supreme Court ever ruled on the constitutionality of an act of Congress.

Revenge, greed, resentment, envy, and patriotism made for an inflammatory mix.