" That was one of the transformational moments of my life , " Caro said years later . It led him to think about Moses for the first time . " I got in the car and drove home to Long Island , and I kept thinking to myself : ' Everything you 've been doing is baloney . You 've been writing under the belief that power in a democracy comes from the ballot box . But here 's a guy who has never been elected to anything , who has enough power to turn the entire state around , and you do n't have the slightest idea how he got it . ' " Caro gave a speech to introduce Senator Ted Kennedy at the 2004 Democratic National Convention
2004 Democratic National Convention
2004 Democratic National Convention
Robert Caro