When Taft gives way to his {anger}, one reporter observed, it is to inflict a merciless thrashing upon its victim, for whom thereafter he has no use whatsoever. With Roosevelt is a case of powder and spark; there is a vivid flash and a deafening roar, but when the smoke is blown away, it is the end.
( Doris Kearns Goodwin )
[ The Bully Pulpit: Theodore ]
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