Thomas R. Flagel

“Theodore Roosevelt plowed through history, politics, biographies, Dickens, Poe, Shelly, and Tennyson. He read at night, the only time he was sitting still, but poor eyesight required him to read inches from the page. A boxing injury while president also damaged his left retina, which eventually rendered the eye blind. Cerebral”
― Thomas R. Flagel, The History Buff's Guide to the Presidents: Top Ten Rankings of the Best, Worst, Largest, and Most Controversial Facets of the American Presidency

“The only president with a PhD, Woodrow Wilson taught political science and history at Princeton, where he wrote Constitutional Government in the United States, a highly insightful volume on the hidden potential of the executive branch. After”
― Thomas R. Flagel, The History Buff's Guide to the Presidents: Top Ten Rankings of the Best, Worst, Largest, and Most Controversial Facets of the American Presidency