I Deliberately Made An Effort Not To

Someday A Political Genius Will Come Along And Make The Senate Work.

I Don't Think Of My Books As Being Biographies. I Never Had Any Interest In Doing A Book Just To Write The Life Of A Great Man. I Had Zero Interest In That. My Interest Is In Power. How Power Works.

Power Doesn't Always Corrupt. Power Can Cleanse. What I Believe Is Always True About Power Is That Power Always Reveals.

We're Taught Lord Acton's Axiom: All Power Corrupts, Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely. I Believed That When I Started These Books, But I Don't Believe It's Always True Any More. Power Doesn't Always Corrupt. Power Can Cleanse. What I Believe Is Always True About Power Is That Power Always Reveals.

To My Mind, The Prose In A Non-fiction Work That's Going To Endure Has To Be Of The Same Quality As The Prose In A Work Of Fiction That Endures.