Quotes From "American Colossus: The Triumph Of Capitalism 18651900" By H.W. Brands

The nature of revolutions is to sweep the reluctant along. H.W. Brands

A live-in domestic worker: "You are never sure that your soul is your own except when you are out of the house. H.W. Brands

A young mark twain on the make: "I can't turn in inkstand into Aladdin's lamp. H.W. Brands

This senate was a place where good Representatives went when they died. Thomas Reed H.W. Brands

The horizons of man are incomparably narrower than that of the land on which he toils. Editor of the Nebraska journal H.W. Brands

I believe the road to preeminent success in any line is to make yourself master IN THAT LINE. I have no faith in the policy of scattering one's resources. Andrew Carnegie H.W. Brands

Both sides had more confidence in their opponents' weaknesses than their own strength. H.W. Brands

Once information slipped the bonds of gravity and friction, it tended to gather where it was most valuable. H.W. Brands

Cities force growth and make men talkative and entertaining, but they make them artificial. Ralph Waldo Emerson H.W. Brands

It may be that the voice of the people is the voice of God 51 times out of 100. But the remaining 49 times, it is the voice of the devil, or worse, the voice of a fool. Theodore Roosevelt H.W. Brands

The first 10 days of a cattle drive were the most critical, as a stampede was most likely when the cattle were closest to their habitual home. H.W. Brands

One with God is always a majority. But many have been burned at the stake while the boats were being counted. Thomas Reed H.W. Brands

Andrew Carnegie was an inventor only in the sense that he adopted and adapted the discoveries of others. H.W. Brands

Teain had no difficulty generating the indignation of a satirist. He lack the patience of a reformer. H.W. Brands

In the immediate aftermath of the great Chicago fire, a business proprietor erected a shack in front of his burned-out business. On a sign, he placed his name and the tagline that everything was gone but wife, children, and energy. H.W. Brands

Theodore Roosevelt came to Dekota to experience the dying of one age with the slaying of a rare buffalo and the dawning of the West's industrial age. H.W. Brands

Chinese immigrant: "Americans make a mere practice of loving justice. H.W. Brands

J.P. Morgan learned to fish in troubled waters. H.W. Brands

America's mission is to join the most ancient civilizations with the most modern. John Augustus Roeblin H.W. Brands

Western farmers were individualists cheifly in their dreams. H.W. Brands

John D Rockefeller read his Bible religiously, but kept his ledger in a different drawer. H.W. Brands

When speculators have once entered Wall Street, they never leave it except in a pine box or a rosewood case, according to circumstances. H.W. Brands

It's philanthropy, but it's good politics, too. Mighty good politics. The poor are some of the most grateful people in the world. George Washington Plunkett. H.W. Brands

William "Boss" Tweed was in such thorough control in New York that he made money off of the report the committee printed after investigating him. H.W. Brands

Amid the war the capitalists were asserting national necessity. H.W. Brands

Grant made the perfect candidate, a war hero with indistinct views on most political issues. H.W. Brands