Robert Moses and Al Smith shared a bond ended only by death

Evidence

MEN WHO SAW in the bond between Robert Moses and Alfred Emanuel Smith a key to the shape in which the future of New York State and New York City unfolded, as well as to one of the great stories of American politics, never told in its full depth—the blood feud between Smith and Franklin D. Roosevelt—would wonder what had forged between the two men of independence and pride and ambition a tie so strong that, transcending independence and pride and ambition, it would be ended only by death. — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 493

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Al Smith’s closeness to Robert Moses stemmed from recognizing a fellow master of government — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 575; Al Smith despised the uncompromising idealist that Robert Moses once was — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 573; Moses dismissed Al Smith as a typical machine politician — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 385

Broader Connections

• Al Smith despised the uncompromising idealist that Robert Moses once was #contradicts (0.88) — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 573
• Al Smith’s closeness to Robert Moses stemmed from recognizing a fellow master of government #expands (0.82) — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 575
• Moses dismissed Al Smith as a typical machine politician #contradicts (0.80) — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 385