Joshua Cochran

“Routine wears down vigilance.”
― Stephen E. Ambrose, Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West

“Hamilton’s besetting fear was that American democracy would be spoiled by demagogues who would mouth populist shibboleths to conceal their despotism.”
― Ron Chernow, Alexander Hamilton

“In fact, no immigrant in American history has ever made a larger contribution than Alexander Hamilton.”
― Ron Chernow, Alexander Hamilton

“If our father had had his say, nobody who did not know how to fish would be allowed to disgrace a fish by catching him.”
― Norman Maclean, A River Runs Through It and Other Stories