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> [Jackie Kennedy was magnificent in the days and weeks immediately following her husband's assassination. She was especially wonderful to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-salinger/jackie-kennedy-was-magnificent-in-the-days-and-weeks-immediately/)

[Pierre Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-salinger/)

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> [I lost two of the greatest men I've ever known to assassination - and a son to suicide.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-salinger/i-lost-two-of-the-greatest-men-i-ve-ever-known-to-assassination-and-a/)

[Pierre Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-salinger/)

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## More by Pierre Salinger

> [He's the president of the United States. He's got to work 14 to 16 hours a day, run foreign and domestic policy. If he's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-salinger/he-s-the-president-of-the-united-states-he-s-got-to-work-14-to-16/)

[Pierre Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-salinger/)

> [I am not very introspective.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-salinger/i-am-not-very-introspective/)

[Pierre Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-salinger/)

> [To outlive one's child is a terrible thing, but to do so because your child has taken his or her life is horrible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-salinger/to-outlive-one-s-child-is-a-terrible-thing-but-to-do-so-because-your/)

[Pierre Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-salinger/)

> [Onassis was a man who loved to walk, to walk and talk, and he was the kind of man who doesn't go to sleep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-salinger/onassis-was-a-man-who-loved-to-walk-to-walk-and-talk-and-he-was-the/)

[Pierre Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-salinger/)

> [A lot of people criticize the primaries, but I think they are absolutely essential to the education of the President of the United States.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-salinger/a-lot-of-people-criticize-the-primaries-but-i-think-they-are/)

[Pierre Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-salinger/)

> [There have not been children of comparable youth in the White House since the Kennedy era.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-salinger/there-have-not-been-children-of-comparable-youth-in-the-white-house/)

[Pierre Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-salinger/)

> [America Held Hostage won 24 Emmys for ABC News, but someone forgot to include my name on the list of people responsible for the show.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-salinger/america-held-hostage-won-24-emmys-for-abc-news-but-someone-forgot-to/)

[Pierre Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-salinger/)

> [The French were mystified about the Watergate scandal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-salinger/the-french-were-mystified-about-the-watergate-scandal/)

[Pierre Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-salinger/)

> [The day I became press secretary to the President of the United States, I was in an entirely different world from the one I'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-salinger/the-day-i-became-press-secretary-to-the-president-of-the-united/)

[Pierre Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-salinger/)

> [American people simply will not countenance being lied to by their own President.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-salinger/american-people-simply-will-not-countenance-being-lied-to-by-their/)

[Pierre Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-salinger/)

> [Believe me, as one who has seen a number of international crises firsthand, they cannot be handled without an understanding of history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-salinger/believe-me-as-one-who-has-seen-a-number-of-international-crises/)

[Pierre Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-salinger/)

> [One of the problems with a candidate like Bob Kennedy, and his brother before him, was that people assumed they didn't need contributions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-salinger/one-of-the-problems-with-a-candidate-like-bob-kennedy-and-his-brother/)

[Pierre Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-salinger/)

> [As much as I liked and admired the various members of the Kennedy family, my first loyalty was to Jackie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-salinger/as-much-as-i-liked-and-admired-the-various-members-of-the-kennedy/)

[Pierre Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-salinger/)

> [Jackie Kennedy was magnificent in the days and weeks immediately following her husband's assassination. She was especially wonderful to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-salinger/jackie-kennedy-was-magnificent-in-the-days-and-weeks-immediately/)

[Pierre Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-salinger/)

> [A funny thing happened on the way to the election - I got to the Senate first.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-salinger/a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-the-election-i-got-to-the-senate/)

[Pierre Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-salinger/)

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