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House Speaker Thomas Reed could destroy an argument or expose a fallacy in fewer words than anyone else. His language was vivid and picturesque. He had a way of phrasing things which was peculiarly apt and peculiarly his own.
Barbara W. Tuchman The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
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House Speaker Thomas Reed could destroy an argument or expose a fallacy in fewer words than anyone else. His language was vivid and picturesque. He had a way of phrasing things which was peculiarly apt and peculiarly his own.
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Barbara W. Tuchman

The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914

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