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1 " Behind those thick glasses (of TR's) was a man who did not blink. "
― , All the Great Prizes : The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt
2 " He had no desire to grandstand for his country or himself. "
3 " If he could be hard on kings and cabinets, he was invariably kind to his colleagues. "
4 " The Admiral so regrets failure, he cannot THINK of success. "
5 " In this slipshod age, we need object lessons in language and thought. – Edith Wharton on an address by John Hay "
6 " Henry Adams observes that John Hay has the ability to take the world as a whole rather than pulling it to pieces in criticism. He also observes that, in the routine of a stressful job, this perspective is challenged "
7 " Because we have only one (life) we go about blundering along him nervous haste. "
8 " The author observes that the friendship of John Hay and Charles Francis Adams benefited from a physical distance that required correspondence, meaning that feelings only implied in person had to be explicitly expressed. "
9 " In Washington, the venerable were often vulnerable. "
10 " He did not so much follow his father's example as his father's vision. "
11 " Good luck belongs to those who know how and are not afraid." John Hay to President Theodore Roosevelt "
12 " John Hay indicates that dealing with people directly as a holder of political office "requires a stronger heart and a more obedient nervous system than I possess. "
13 " When we get to Heaven, we can try a monarchy, perhaps." John Hay "
14 " I like to introduce myself, because THEN I can get in all the facts." The usually self-deprecating John Hay on the ironic formality of signing his own commission as Secretary of State. "
15 " William Nelson Cromwell. Whether Beers went to the United "
16 " The poet is poor, but the orator is made by cultivation." Horace "
17 " He found Washington at once august and disgusting. "
18 " John Hay on Lincoln: "He always worked with things as they were, while never relinquishing the desire to make them better. "
19 " John Hay points to our our history of getting lost in suffering when, "so close together were pain and antidote. "
20 " Beaten armies always shout, "TREASON! "