Doris Kearns Goodwin Quotes

"The past is not simply the past, but a prism through which the subject filters his own changing self-image."
- Doris Kearns Goodwin
(Related: Past, Self)

"That is what leadership is all about: staking your ground ahead of where opinion is and convincing people, not simply following the popular opinion of the moment."
- Doris Kearns Goodwin
(Related: Leadership, People, Opinion, Popular)

"Once a president gets to the White House, the only audience that is left that really matters is history."
- Doris Kearns Goodwin
(Related: History, President)