“Up to then there had been something of a gentleman’s agreement among those who might be called The Good Journalists of Washington that the Kennedy Administration was one of excellence, that it was for good things and against bad things,… — David Halberstam Copy Share Image
“Theodore Sorensen wrote for [Robert Kennedy's 1968] announcement speech: “At stake is not simply the leadership of our party, and even our own country,… — David Halberstam Copy Share
“For there was no doubt in Bundy’s mind about his ability to handle... the world. The job was not just a happenstance thing; he… — David Halberstam Copy Share
Fear was the terrible secret of the battlefield and could afflict the brave as well as the timid. Worse it was contagious, and could… — David Halberstam Copy Share
“Fresh from the rarefied environments of Harvard, the author says he purposefully took journalism jobs in small southern towns so that he could learn… — David Halberstam Copy Share
“Because history became his (Keenan's) genuine passion, he tended to see the world in terms of deep historical forces that, in his mind, formed… — David Halberstam Copy Share
Being a professional means doing your job on the days you don't want to do it — David Halberstam Copy Share
“Most journalists are impatient to get their legwork done and to start the actual writing” — David Halberstam Copy Share
“Day after day we read about them, each new man more brilliant than the last. They were not just an all-star first team, but… — David Halberstam Copy Share
If there is anything that is important to America, it is that you are not a prisoner of the past. — David Halberstam Copy Share
During their college years the oarsmen put in terrbily long hours, often showing up at the boathouse at 6:00am for preclass practices. Both physically… — David Halberstam Copy Share
“The good reporters of that era, those who were well educated and who were enlightened themselves and worked for enlightened organizations, liked the Kennedys… — David Halberstam Copy Share
“There is no small irony here: An administration which flaunted its intellectual superiority and its superior academic credentials made the most critical of decisions… — David Halberstam Copy Share
If youre a reporter, the easiest thing in the world is to get a story. The hardest thing is to verify. The old sins… — David Halberstam Copy Share
