Quotes by JFK

“Jack and Bobby Kennedy were too young, too attached to real family to transfer affection and loyalty to those that of their blood or region or upbringing.”

“No matter what office LBJ assumed he lifted greater than when he found it.”

“JFK had to act before his fragile body betrayed him.”

“Until all the files are released, former officials and CIA personnel will continue to say or imply that Fidel killed JFK, thus perpetuating the fifty-plus-year Cold War with Cuba”

“I understand, gentlemen, John Kennedy said. If you find that life its not easy, let me tell you, death is worse.”

“In front of an audience of Protestant clergy, the Catholic JFK "was drawing strength from his vulnerability.”

“Be civilized. Grudges are for Neanderthals. Hubert Humphrey”

“John F. Kennedy "is, in reality, a deeply serious man, reflective in his mental habits, historically minded, and given to seeing men and nations and events in the sobering context that history prov...”

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

“All experienced murderers seek cover. By putting the Agencys fingerprints on [Mafia] operations, the mob could anticipate that the CIA would [be forced to] cooperate in the cover-up of crucial info...”

“JFK had a way of grabbing grandeur from mishap.”

“Presidential campaign observer Teddy White on the second Kennedy-Nixon debate in which the candidates spoke from separate television studios: "It was as if, separated by comments from his adversary...”

“Don't pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.”

“For Jack Kennedy, who only made campaigning LOOK easy, it was, in fact, anything but.”

“Henry Cabot Lodge was like medicine, good for you, but hard to take. – Teddy White”

“Jack Kennedy protected a mature and presidential image – tough, yet not unduly combative.”

“What we saw in Richard Nixon's face was the panic in his soul. – Richard Goodwin”

“Be civilized. Grudges are for Neanderthals. – Hubert Humphrey”

“I understand, gentlemen,” John Kennedy said. “If you find that life it’s not easy, let me tell you, death is worse.”

“All experienced murderers seek cover. By putting the Agency’s fingerprints on [Mafia] operations, the mob could anticipate that the CIA would [be forced to] cooperate in the cover-up of crucial inf...”