The study of history requires investigation, imagination, empathy, and respect. Reverence just doesn’t enter into it. Jill Lepore Read Quote
When business became big business – conglomerates employing hundreds and even thousands of people – companies divided themselves into still smaller units. Jill Lepore Read Quote
Democracy is difficult and demanding. So is history. It can crack your voice; it can stir your soul; it can break your heart. Jill Lepore Read Quote
Scientific management promised to replace rules of thumb with accurate measurements. Jill Lepore Read Quote
Conservatism cherishes tradition; innovation fetishizes novelty. They tug in different directions, the one toward the past, the other toward the future. Jill Lepore Read Quote
Not long before my mother died, I found a long-lost portrait of Jane Franklin’s granddaughter, Jane Flagg, aged nine – oil on canvas – in the basement of a public library not a dozen miles from my mother’s house. Jill Lepore Read Quote
Secrecy is what is known, but not to everyone. Privacy is what allows us to keep what we know to ourselves. Jill Lepore Read Quote
