Governance Skills Quotes
Stimson had been a key member of the Theodore Roosevelt national administration, and Roosevelt, before he became Vice President and then President had been a very popular governor of NY. Stimson, although a brilliant administrator, and statesman was a bit stuffy and aloof and was a terrible campaigner. He thought it immodest to refer to himself in public or to talk about his record. See {589269}. So the Republicans tried to tie him to Roosevelt who was still very popular. See {589268}. It was not enough. Stimson lost.
I may not know how to tune a lyre, but I know all that I need to know to make a city great and free.
Themistocles was not of an upper class family and did not have many of the typical social graces of the time. However he did not worry about that and became the victorious admiral over the Persians and Archon of Athens which made him the leader of all the Greeks. He however grew unpopular over time and was voted to be banished which he was.
