Men and women in my lifetime have died fighting for the right to vote: people like James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, who were murdered while registering black voters in Mississippi in 1964, and Viola Liuzzo, who was murdered… — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share Image
George Washington, Andrew Jackson, William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Ulysses Grant, Rutherford Hayes, James Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, Theodore Roosevelt and Dwight Eisenhower all rode their wartime heroics into the White House. — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share Image
In politics, Bugs Bunny always beats Daffy Duck. Daffy's always going berserk, jumping up and down, yelling. Bugs's got that sly smile, like he… — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share
There is something discordant about a team of speechwriters and political operatives hammering away to create an image of the 'real, inner' candidate. And,… — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share
Describing the jury in the OJ Simpson murder trial: These people have served a longer sentence than some people who have committed murder. — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share
In every debate, whatever the format, whatever the questions, there is one and only one way to identify the winner: Who commands the room?… — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share
Television is one of the most fickle businesses that there are, you are in favour one minute and out the next. — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share
As a general proposition, campaigns do not linger on the vice presidential nominee. When they have, it's always meant very bad news for the… — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share
More things in politics happen by accident or exhaustion than happen by conspiracy. — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share
In the many-mansioned house of Alternate History, I occupy a small corner. The trio of what-ifs I chronicled in 'Then Everything Changed' all begin… — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share
“It was more than just material prosperity. America in 1960 was a country where restraint and boundaries were the natural conditions in all arenas.… — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share
When Ronald Reagan chose George H.W. Bush in 1980, it was a clear signal that he was running an inclusive campaign; that he welcomed… — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share
When George W. Bush picked Dick Cheney, it was a reassuring sign that the Texas governor would have an experienced, prudent voice at his… — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share
In the post-Watergate atmosphere of 1975 and 1976, the just-plain-folks personalities of both Ford and Carter seemed the perfect antidote to Nixon's arrogant, isolated… — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share
The Supreme Being I would sign up for would not prove his omnipotence by saving one life while ending dozens, or hundreds, or thousands.… — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share
