Going Leave Quotes 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…

— Pierre Salinger

I am not very introspective.

— 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.

— 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…

— 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.

— Pierre Salinger

There have not been children of comparable youth in the White House since the Kennedy era.

— 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.

— Pierre Salinger

The French were mystified about the Watergate scandal.

— 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…

— Pierre Salinger

American people simply will not countenance being lied to by their own President.

— Pierre Salinger

Believe me, as one who has seen a number of international crises firsthand, they cannot be handled without an understanding of history.

— 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.

— Pierre Salinger

As much as I liked and admired the various members of the Kennedy family, my first loyalty was to Jackie.

— Pierre Salinger

Jackie Kennedy was magnificent in the days and weeks immediately following her husband's assassination. She was especially wonderful to me.

— Pierre Salinger

A funny thing happened on the way to the election - I got to the Senate first.

— Pierre Salinger