For style and for creating a mood of optimism and hope - Kennedy on that count is as effective as any president… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
McCarthy had ten years in the House of Representatives, only two terms as a senator. What did he pass? Are there any… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, Americans are not so keen on ideologues, people who have such fixed positions that they can't… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
John F. Kennedy went to bed at 3:30 in the morning on November 9, 1960, uncertain whether he had defeated Richard Nixon… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
Ronald Reagan in foreign affairs, I think, was someone who had certain, very general ideas, general propositions by which he lives: To… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
The nation should be able to remove by an orderly constitutional process any president with an unyielding commitment to failed policies and… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
Henry Kissinger never wanted the 20,000 pages of his telephone transcripts made public - not while he was alive, at any rate. — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
Don't be intimidated by people who seem to be experts. Hear their points of view and get their judgements. But at the end of… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
During his presidency, Truman and the Republicans were locked in a series of furious assaults on each other that outraged him and made Truman… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
Experience helped Richard Nixon, but it didn't save him, and it certainly wasn't a blanket endorsement. He blundered terribly in dealing with Vietnam. — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
When Gingrich attacked CNN's John King for bringing up his alleged proposal of an open marriage to his second wife, Gingrich accused him of… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
In seeking an empire of liberty, Jefferson wished not only to expand the country's territorial holdings, but also to extend American institutions around the… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
Like Lyndon Johnson, President Obama understands that timidity in a time of troubles is a prescription for failure. — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
Despite its flaws, the American electoral system has produced Lincoln, the two Roosevelts, and Harry Truman. — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
For those of us who cry out for gun control, our fears cannot be eliminated as long as the country remains an armed camp… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
The Atlantic conference in the North Atlantic off Newfoundland is a dramatic moment in World War II history because for the first time, Roosevelt… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
For style and for creating a mood of optimism and hope - Kennedy on that count is as effective as any president the country… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
As for Vietnam, what matters is that Kennedy successfully resisted pressure to send anything more than military advisers, a stance that was a likely… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
I think experience is a terribly overrated idea when it comes to thinking about who should become president. — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
By the time a second term rolls around, the illusions about a president have largely evaporated. — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
