The Greatest Sentence Ever Written by Walter Isaacson
Little book. Big ideas. In the time that it takes to drink a cup of coffee, you can read this book and gain greater illumination into the importance of the glorious American experiment in democracy and why it’s worth protecting more than you could by listening to the entirety of all political discourse over the past quarter century. Read it all the way through. Then, read it again.
The Greatest Sentence Ever Written by Walter Isaacson, (List Price: $20, Simon and Schuster, 9781982181314, November 2025)
Reviewed by Jim, Righton Books in St Simons Island, Georgia
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“My dad never spoke much about his family growing up. I knew some basics. He had grown up in Hawaii. His Aunt Ruth lived in New York, and his parents had passed. So when he called me and said Aunt Ruth wants to meet you, do you want to go meet her? I was like, so excited. This was like finally a step into my father’s past. We drove to Charleston and went and met my Aunt Ruth and we walked in and she was just this sweet little old lady. We sat and had a great conversation. I was really enjoying getting to know her. And on the coffee table next to where she was sitting, I noticed this wedding picture, and I looked at it. And I’m like, Oh, are those my grandparents? And she nodded, Yes. And I was like, Can you tell me something about them? My father never speaks of them. And she just sat there and didn’t respond. [I asked] Can you tell me anything? How did they meet, when did they get married? And she cut me off and she said, You have a good life. Don’t ruin it with the past.”
