56 Quotes by Stephen L. Carter

She wasn't being methodological. She was being autobiographical.

Coming from a business family, she shied away from abstractions.

The kind of people we have in Washington only trust what they think they own.

The victors always think they are righteous. But then, they always seem to start a mighty unrighteous squabbling over the spoils.

He was vain and tended to surround himself with intellectual and moral pygmies.

She had been carried away by the need to defend herself.

People seem to remember the sacrifices they made more than what the sacrifices were for.

This isn't about your reputation. Our job right now is to make sure that there to ARE future historians.

Better to wait actively than passively.