Via Fresh Paint’s Cynical
A fascinating exercise in his views on humility
His 1979 doctoral dissertation, “Ambition and Statesmanship,” was based on the writings of Alexander Hamilton and inspired, according to his graduate adviser, by a wickedly insightful quote from Hamilton: “Love of fame (is) the ruling passion of the noblest minds.”
“He is not lacking in self-confidence,” said Jack Pitney, a former Republican National Committee official who now teaches politics at Claremont McKenna College. “He sees himself as a teacher, and the race is a wonderful classroom ? hundreds of thousands of students, and they’re all paying attention.”