I, alas, must present myself ...

I, alas, must present myself somewhat ignominiously as a chef in a busy kitchen. Somewhere a novel is bubbling on a back burner, an old attempt at history may come out of the freezer.
 Theodore White

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The American dream is not over. America is an adventure.
 Theodore White
History is always best written generations after the event, when clouded fact and memory have all fused into what can be accepted as truth, whether it be so or not.
 Theodore White
Whether a man is burdened by power or enjoys power; whether he is trapped by responsibility or made free by it; whether he is moved by other people and outer forces or moves them - this is of the essence of leadership.
 Theodore White
The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy.
 Theodore White
If you make a living, if you earn your own money, you're free - however free one can be on this planet.
 Theodore White