Does anyone have a book recommendation for writing mods?

As I was recently attempting to help someone with the Dying Dream mod (1952) along with writing the feedback for my historical 1808 mod, I had a bit of trouble. Coming up with the potential answers from candidates was difficult because I didn't know that many real quotes from politicians during those two eras.

Does anyone know of a decent book that could help me with this? I am looking for both accurate historical election quotes and realistic alternate history books.

This photo was taken at my local bookstore, by the way.