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| | Drury was a reporter who covered the [[U.S. Senate]] during [[World War II]] for a news wire, and later joined the staff of the ''New York Times''. | | Drury was a reporter who covered the [[U.S. Senate]] during [[World War II]] for a news wire, and later joined the staff of the ''New York Times''. |
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| − | This book was a favorite of [[Phyllis Schlafly]], who cited it in a positive way in her bestselling book against the [[Deep State]] in 1964: | + | This book was a favorite of [[Phyllis Schlafly]], who quoted it in a positive way in her bestselling book against the [[Deep State]] in 1964: |
| | {{cquote|In 1959 in the great novel ''Advise and Consent'', the most disliked and distrusted Senator repeatedly exclaimed: | | {{cquote|In 1959 in the great novel ''Advise and Consent'', the most disliked and distrusted Senator repeatedly exclaimed: |
| | ::"I had rather crawl to [[Moscow]] than perish under a bomb."<ref>''[[The Gravediggers]]'', Chapter Nine, p. 60 (1964).</ref>}} | | ::"I had rather crawl to [[Moscow]] than perish under a bomb."<ref>''[[The Gravediggers]]'', Chapter Nine, p. 60 (1964).</ref>}} |
| | + | and again in her ''[[Safe - Not Sorry]]'' (1967): |
| | + | {{cquote|And out of that fearful peril only the most iron-willed and nobly dedicated and supremely unafraid men could lead the nation.<ref>'[[Safe - Not Sorry]]'', p. 145 (1967) (quoting ''Advise and Consent'').</ref>}} |
| | The sales ranking of this book as of Sept. 5, 2020 on [[Amazon.com]], 706 pages in length, is: | | The sales ranking of this book as of Sept. 5, 2020 on [[Amazon.com]], 706 pages in length, is: |
| | ::Best-sellers rank #665,697 in Books | | ::Best-sellers rank #665,697 in Books |