“Of the trials that Eisenhower encountered in politics, McCarthy’s behavior was the most difficult to abide. In his private correspondence, Eisenhower repeatedly conveyed his conviction that the way to curb a demagogue was to ignore him. And, given the separation… — John A. Farrell Copy Share Image
“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed,” Eisenhower said. “This is not a… — John A. Farrell Copy Share Image
“Television cameras should be banned from fund-raisers: donors were “rich and fat and drunk and dumb,” Nixon said. “You want to get on TV… — John A. Farrell Copy Share Image
“Nixon was finding enemies everywhere: among liberals, the bureaucracy, on Capitol Hill, and in the press. “We can have peace. We can have prosperity.… — John A. Farrell Copy Share Image
“Stevenson and Sparkman were candidates for august offices, Nixon said. They needed to “come before the American people as I have and make a… — John A. Farrell Copy Share Image
“A reporter from St. Louis passed on a tip that the governor was homosexual. Nixon insisted he would never use it. “Even if I… — John A. Farrell Copy Share Image
“Of the trials that Eisenhower encountered in politics, McCarthy’s behavior was the most difficult to abide. In his private correspondence, Eisenhower repeatedly conveyed his… — John A. Farrell Copy Share Image
“The most virtuous hearts have a touch of hell’s own fire in them.” — John A. Farrell Copy Share Image
“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are… — John A. Farrell Copy Share Image
“Those on the right can do what those on the left talk about,” Nixon replied.” — John A. Farrell Copy Share Image
“Yet few came so far, so fast, so alone, as Nixon. Not the governor of California or his aides, nor any member of the… — John A. Farrell Copy Share Image
“I brought out the dark side of Nixon,” Colson recalled, though “you didn’t need to work very hard to bring it out—it was always… — John A. Farrell Copy Share Image
“Nixon “didn’t give a damn” about the finer points of domestic policy, said aide Tom Huston. “All he wanted to do was to keep… — John A. Farrell Copy Share Image
“If this country ever falls into the grasp of a totalitarian dictator it is not likely to come through a Communist revolution,” the editorial… — John A. Farrell Copy Share Image
