Tom McGonnell

“since nothing is more predictable than the media’s parroting of its own fictions and the terror of each competitor that it will be scooped by the others, whether or not the story is true, because”
― John le Carré, The Tailor of Panama: A Novel

“While many a Georgian condemned the Yankees for ravaging the countryside, it should be noted that the Confederates often treated Southerners just as badly, if not worse. Major”
― James Lee McDonough, William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country: A Life

“THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC WILL ENDURE UNTIL THE DAY CONGRESS DISCOVERS THAT IT CAN BRIBE THE PUBLIC WITH THE PUBLIC’S MONEY—ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE.”
― Tom Clancy, The Bear and the Dragon

“Since critics found it hard to defeat him on intellectual grounds, they stooped to personal attacks.”
― Ron Chernow, Alexander Hamilton