Mitch Albom Quotes
Young men go to war. Sometimes because they have to, sometimes because they want to. Always, they feel they are supposed to. This comes from the sad, layered stories of life, which over the centuries have seen courage confused with picking up arms, and cowardice confused with laying them down.
Albom, Mitch. The Five People You Meet in Heaven. Hyperion, 2003.
In 1827 John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson were potential presidential rivals. Many people and newspapers were openly critical of Jackson since his wife Rachel did not have a finalized divorce when the Jacksons were married. Jackson supporters started 'retaliating' with the story that Adams and his wife had engaged in pre-marital sexual relations. Jackson stopped this.
Trumbo was morally opposed to war. He also refused to name Hollywood communists to Congressional Committees during the Red Scare. He was then blacklisted from his occupation, screen writing.
Patton, one of the world’s best fighting general was somewhat mentally unbalanced and unlike almost all senior officers who are successful commanders but see war as an unpleasant, brutal necessity, Patton loved war and the fighting part of it. His non battlefield behavior was so erratic and atrocious that Eisenhower and his other superiors almost fired him on several occasions. He died in an automobile crash shortly after the German surrender, so the dilemma of what to do with Patton in peacetime was resolved.
The Congress had applauded his message vigorously.
Mitchell David Albom is an American author, journalist, and musician. His books have sold over 39 million copies worldwide. Having achieved national recognition for sports writing in his early career, he is perhaps best known for the inspirational stories and themes that weave through his books, plays, and films. Albom lives with his wife Janine Sabino in Detroit.
