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Joseph J. Ellis Quotes: "Lincoln once said that America was founded on a proposition that was written by Jefferson in 1776. We are really founded on an argument about what that proposition means."

Lincoln once said that America was founded on a proposition that was written by Jefferson in 1776. We are really founded on an argument about what that proposition means.



Joseph J. Ellis Quotes: "Remember sometimes just the rush of having a crush is a temptation, even if it is inappropriate, but beware of playing with fire, you will get burned."

Remember sometimes just the rush of having a crush is a temptation, even if it is inappropriate, but beware of playing with fire, you will get burned.




Joseph J. Ellis Quotes: "Even in the best of lives, mistakes are made."

Even in the best of lives, mistakes are made.



Joseph J. Ellis Quotes: "Chronology, so the saying goes, is the last refuge of the feeble-minded and the only resort for historians."

Chronology, so the saying goes, is the last refuge of the feeble-minded and the only resort for historians.




Joseph J. Ellis Quotes: "Because he could not afford to fail, he could not afford to trust."

Because he could not afford to fail, he could not afford to trust.



Joseph J. Ellis Quotes: "And the only thing to do with a sin is to confess, do penance and then, after some kind of decent interval, ask for forgiveness."

And the only thing to do with a sin is to confess, do penance and then, after some kind of decent interval, ask for forgiveness.



Joseph J. Ellis Quotes: "Men make history, but they can never know the history they are making."

Men make history, but they can never know the history they are making.




Joseph J. Ellis Quotes: "Some models of self-control are able to achieve their serenity easily because the soul fires never burn brightly to begin with."

Some models of self-control are able to achieve their serenity easily because the soul fires never burn brightly to begin with.



Joseph J. Ellis Quotes: "I believe I am an honorable man."

I believe I am an honorable man.



Joseph J. Ellis Quotes: "I'm one of those people that believes you should start writing before you think you're ready."

I'm one of those people that believes you should start writing before you think you're ready.



Joseph J. Ellis Quotes: "...the very notion that a candidate should openly solicit votes violated the principled presumption that such behavior itself represented a confession of unworthiness for national office."

...the very notion that a candidate should openly solicit votes violated the principled presumption that such behavior itself represented a confession of unworthiness for national office.



Joseph J. Ellis Quotes: "I would say readers can trust my work more than anyone else's."

I would say readers can trust my work more than anyone else's.




Joseph J. Ellis Quotes: "Washington's task was to transform the improbable into the inevitable."

Washington's task was to transform the improbable into the inevitable.



Joseph J. Ellis Quotes: "He was responsible for administering an army that lacked time-tested procedures and routinized policies, so every decision became an improvisational act."

He was responsible for administering an army that lacked time-tested procedures and routinized policies, so every decision became an improvisational act.



Joseph J. Ellis Quotes: "The fledgling and ragtag American army turned its state into a semi-plausible advantage, encouraging enlistees to wear their own "hunting shirts" to build on the reputation of frontier marksmen."

The fledgling and ragtag American army turned its state into a semi-plausible advantage, encouraging enlistees to wear their own "hunting shirts" to build on the reputation of frontier marksmen.



Joseph J. Ellis Quotes: "The strategic center of the rebellion was not a place – not New York, Philadelphia, not the Hudson corridor – but the Continental Army itself."

The strategic center of the rebellion was not a place – not New York, Philadelphia, not the Hudson corridor – but the Continental Army itself.



Joseph J. Ellis Quotes: "Adams had gone to Harvard, Jefferson to William and Mary. Washington had gone to war."

Adams had gone to Harvard, Jefferson to William and Mary. Washington had gone to war.



Joseph J. Ellis Quotes: "Contemporaries of Alexander Hamilton noticed "his conspicuous sense of self-possession, his unique combination of serenity and energy."

Contemporaries of Alexander Hamilton noticed "his conspicuous sense of self-possession, his unique combination of serenity and energy.



Joseph J. Ellis Quotes: "in time to come be shaped by the human mind.” Asked"

in time to come be shaped by the human mind.” Asked



Joseph J. Ellis Quotes: "For Madison, on the other hand, “a Public Debt is a Public curse, ” and “in a Representative Government greater than in any other.”26"

For Madison, on the other hand, “a Public Debt is a Public curse, ” and “in a Representative Government greater than in any other.”26



Joseph J. Ellis Quotes: "It took him (Washington) more than a year to gain control over his own aggressive instincts."

It took him (Washington) more than a year to gain control over his own aggressive instincts.



Joseph J. Ellis Quotes: "Clinton had displayed his lifelong tendency to make enemies of all his superiors, who never seemed to appreciate his advice as much as he thought it deserved."

Clinton had displayed his lifelong tendency to make enemies of all his superiors, who never seemed to appreciate his advice as much as he thought it deserved.



Joseph J. Ellis Quotes: "His (Washington's) apparent paralysis was the result of balancing two imperatives: his reputation against the survival of the Continental Army."

His (Washington's) apparent paralysis was the result of balancing two imperatives: his reputation against the survival of the Continental Army.



Joseph J. Ellis Quotes: "If he (John Adams) could not control events, he could at least record them for posterity – perhaps the ultimate form of control."

If he (John Adams) could not control events, he could at least record them for posterity – perhaps the ultimate form of control.



Joseph J. Ellis Quotes: "If you knew how the journey was going to end, you could afford to be patient along the path."

If you knew how the journey was going to end, you could afford to be patient along the path.