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.
Robert CaroRobert Moses wasn't elected to anything. We're taught that in a democracy power comes from being elected. He had more power than anyone, and he held it for 48 years
Robert CaroEvery president has to live with the result of what Lyndon Johnson did with Vietnam, when he lost the trust of the American people in the presidency.
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