David Hackett Fischer · 564 pages
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“Until Washington crossed the Delaware, the triumph of the old order seemed inevitable. Thereafter, things would never be the same again.”
― David Hackett Fischer, quote from Washington's Crossing
“Americans tended to think of war as something that had to be done from time to time, for a particular purpose or goal. They fought not for the sake of fighting but for the sake of winning.”
― David Hackett Fischer, quote from Washington's Crossing
“It was typical of Washington’s style of leadership to present a promising proposal as someone else’s idea, rather than his own.”
― David Hackett Fischer, quote from Washington's Crossing
“These are the times that try men’s souls,” Paine began. “The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it NOW deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.”
― David Hackett Fischer, quote from Washington's Crossing
“Thus the fate of entire Kingdoms often depends upon a few blockheads and irresolute men.”43”
― David Hackett Fischer, quote from Washington's Crossing
David Hackett Fischer
Born date December 2, 1935
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He didn't like books in which dull, cranky writers describe humdrum events in the very humdrum lives of humdrum people. Reality gave him enough of that kind of thing, why should he read about it? Besides, he couldn't stand it when a writer tried to convince him of something. And these humdrum books, it seemed to him, were always trying to do just that.
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