David Greenberg Quotes

An old-timer is someone who can remember when a naughty child was taken to the woodshed instead of to a psychiatrist.

Coolidge's preference for experience over ideas was a deeply rooted trait.

Presidents who restrict civil liberties, even in wartime, are usually judged harshly for it.

I find it hard to imagine that future historians will see the Iraq War as a big plus in Bush's ledger, but we have to admit that we simply don't know for sure.

I'm hard pressed to give an example on the spot of a president who explicitly spoke of the vindication of history, but I'm confident that there are many such examples.

People should make distinctions between the office of the presidency and the person who occupies it. You can respect the office even as you lose respect for the individual.