55 Quotes by David Pietrusza

Eisenhower on LBJ: "He hadn't got the depth of mind nor the breath vision to carry great responsibility.

JFK had to act before his fragile body betrayed him.

As the pace of the campaign quickened, politics began to clash with Kennedy's innate sense of responsibility. – Arthur Schlesinger

There are really two essential things in campaigning. First, you must be in good humor. If you're going to be a raffle, you are to stay home. Second, you are to make sense in your speeches. These aren't the two things you must do. Unless you're saying, if you can be in good humor when you're exhausted. – Henry Cabot Lodge

Organizing a coup was not the same as wanting one.

JFK had a way of grabbing grandeur from mishap.

A lot of people here some South in your mouth, and they automatically think you're dumb. They think if you talk funny, you are funny. – Lloyd Hand

The author's alliterative description of politics since the 1960 presidential debates: "Government by Gotcha".

John F. Kennedy responded, as he often did when at his best, skillfully mixing dollops of wit with, self-deprecation, and the principle of not-really-going-near-the-question.