--- title: "19 Kennedy Quotes By Charles Brandt" description: "19 Kennedy quotes by Charles Brandt. Plus more from Charles Brandt and more Kennedy sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36e/charles-brandt-2101_bobby-kennedy_bobby-kennedy-called-jimmy-hoffa-the-mos_3050783.jpg" --- > [“Bobby Kennedy called Jimmy Hoffa “the most powerful man in the country next to the president.” Part”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/bobby-kennedy-called-jimmy-hoffa-the-most-powerful-man-in-the-country/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36e/charles-brandt-2101_bobby-kennedy_bobby-kennedy-called-jimmy-hoffa-the-mos_3050783.jpg) > [“When asked by Bobby Kennedy where he’d gotten $20,000 in cash to invest in a business venture, Hoffa replied, “From individuals.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/when-asked-by-bobby-kennedy-where-he-d-gotten-20-000-in-cash-to/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/191/charles-brandt-2101_bobby-kennedy_when-asked-by-bobby-kennedy-where-he-d-g_2312414.jpg) > [“When a reporter asked Bobby Kennedy what he would do if Hoffa were acquitted, Bobby Kennedy, who said he had “never considered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/when-a-reporter-asked-bobby-kennedy-what-he-would-do-if-hoffa-were/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ff/charles-brandt-2101_bobby-kennedy_when-a-reporter-asked-bobby-kennedy-what_507565.jpg) > [“Bobby Kennedy chose the members of the squad himself. He gave the squad a very limited job to do and gave the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/bobby-kennedy-chose-the-members-of-the-squad-himself-he-gave-the/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b1/charles-brandt-2101_bobby-kennedy_bobby-kennedy-chose-the-members-of-the-s_353944.jpg) > [“I went to work for the union around the time all this was going on, right after Jimmy got the president’s job.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/i-went-to-work-for-the-union-around-the-time-all-this-was-going-on/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/738/charles-brandt-2101_bobby-kennedy_i-went-to-work-for-the-union-around-the_2370052.jpg) > [“Later that same year John F. Kennedy was elected president by a thin margin. The first thing he did was appoint his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/later-that-same-year-john-f-kennedy-was-elected-president-by-a-thin/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7e/charles-brandt-2101_american-history_later-that-same-year-john-f-kennedy-was_300882.jpg) > [“Giancana said he was going to fix the election in Illinois so Kennedy would win that state. Jimmy couldn’t believe his ears.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/giancana-said-he-was-going-to-fix-the-election-in-illinois-so-kennedy/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/692/charles-brandt-2101_kennedy_giancana-said-he-was-going-to-fix-the-el_2654031.jpg) > [“they were talking about whether the Chicago outfit should or should not fix a presidential election. Growing up wherever you grew up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/they-were-talking-about-whether-the-chicago-outfit-should-or-should/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7f/charles-brandt-2101_kennedy_they-were-talking-about-whether-the-chic_2686012.jpg) > [“Bobby Kennedy gave Cheasty a job with the committee at a salary of $5,000 a year. The FBI planted microphones and set…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/bobby-kennedy-gave-cheasty-a-job-with-the-committee-at-a-salary-of-5/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5a/charles-brandt-2101_bobby-kennedy_bobby-kennedy-gave-cheasty-a-job-with-th_598099.jpg) > [“In February 1957, Hoffa contacted a New York lawyer named John Cye Cheasty. Cheasty had been in the Navy and the Secret…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/in-february-1957-hoffa-contacted-a-new-york-lawyer-named-john-cye/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/494/charles-brandt-2101_kennedy_in-february-1957-hoffa-contacted-a-new-y_2832622.jpg) > [“Future presidential candidates Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona and Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts were members of the committee. The committee’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/future-presidential-candidates-senator-barry-goldwater-of-arizona-and/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a91/charles-brandt-2101_attorney-general_future-presidential-candidates-senator-b_3208893.jpg) > [“Jimmy never met Joe Louis before that trial, only the jury didn’t know that. But Jimmy was strong for civil rights. That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/jimmy-never-met-joe-louis-before-that-trial-only-the-jury-didn-t-know/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc3/charles-brandt-2101_civil-rights_jimmy-never-met-joe-louis-before-that-tr_987952.jpg) > [“In The Enemy Within, Bobby Kennedy asserted that after the trial, Joe Louis, who was out of work and deeply in debt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/in-the-enemy-within-bobby-kennedy-asserted-that-after-the-trial-joe/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b0/charles-brandt-2101_bobby-kennedy_in-the-enemy-within-bobby-kennedy-assert_2967720.jpg) > [“Jimmy had a loyal supporter in Puerto Rico named Frank Chavez. But however, Frank Chavez was a definite troublemaker. He was very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/jimmy-had-a-loyal-supporter-in-puerto-rico-named-frank-chavez-but/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb5/charles-brandt-2101_bad-thing_jimmy-had-a-loyal-supporter-in-puerto-ri_2700826.jpg) > [“The jury was composed of eight blacks and four whites. Hoffa and his attorney, the legendary Edward Bennett Williams, struck only white…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/the-jury-was-composed-of-eight-blacks-and-four-whites-hoffa-and-his/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc2/charles-brandt-2101_old-friends_the-jury-was-composed-of-eight-blacks-an_1982078.jpg) > [“The jury hung at eleven to one. Promptly a new jury was impaneled. During the second trial a member of the jury…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/the-jury-hung-at-eleven-to-one-promptly-a-new-jury-was-impaneled/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/787/charles-brandt-2101_bobby-kennedy_the-jury-hung-at-eleven-to-one-promptly_2206827.jpg) > [“One of the very hot topics between Jimmy and Sam Giancana was Senator John F. Kennedy’s upcoming campaign for president. This was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/one-of-the-very-hot-topics-between-jimmy-and-sam-giancana-was-senator/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97c/charles-brandt-2101_hot-topic_one-of-the-very-hot-topics-between-jimmy_957818.jpg) > [“On the other hand, in his book, The Enemy Within, Bobby Kennedy wrote about his experiences and observations as chief counsel for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/on-the-other-hand-in-his-book-the-enemy-within-bobby-kennedy-wrote/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c3/charles-brandt-2101_bobby-kennedy_on-the-other-hand-in-his-book-the-enemy_1397427.jpg) > [“Sheridan wrote in his 1972 book, The Fall and Rise of Jimmy Hoffa: “He went about this by arranging for one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/sheridan-wrote-in-his-1972-book-the-fall-and-rise-of-jimmy-hoffa-he/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62f/charles-brandt-2101_bobby-kennedy_sheridan-wrote-in-his-1972-book-the-fall_1489095.jpg) ## Other authors on Kennedy ## More by Charles Brandt > [“You fat fuck,” I said and jumped up and decked him. I broke his jaw, and they expelled me permanently on the spot. Naturally,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/you-fat-fuck-i-said-and-jumped-up-and-decked-him-i-broke-his-jaw-and/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) > [“Hoffa and Brennan formed a trucking company called Test Fleet. The “brains” and his partner put that company in their wives’ maiden names. Test…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/hoffa-and-brennan-formed-a-trucking-company-called-test-fleet-the/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) > [“People in those days didn’t display affection like they do today. I’m still learning how to be affectionate to my grandchildren. I don’t ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/people-in-those-days-didn-t-display-affection-like-they-do-today-i-m/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) > [“Whispers was one of these short Italian guys in his early thirties that you’d see all around South Philly, just trying to get by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/whispers-was-one-of-these-short-italian-guys-in-his-early-thirties/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) > [“And under the contract, management couldn’t fire a Teamster unless they had certain grounds. They had none. Stealing was grounds only if they could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/and-under-the-contract-management-couldn-t-fire-a-teamster-unless/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) > [“But back then we had to amuse ourselves, and fighting seemed to be all we had. Looking back, it was good for us. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/but-back-then-we-had-to-amuse-ourselves-and-fighting-seemed-to-be-all/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) > [“Mary liked to arrange picnics with the kids, and we’d take them to the Willow Grove Amusement Park. I wasn’t always running. When they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/mary-liked-to-arrange-picnics-with-the-kids-and-we-d-take-them-to-the/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) > [“And on the other side of the ledger, unions like the Teamsters often employed their own muscle, their own reigns of terror, including bombings,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/and-on-the-other-side-of-the-ledger-unions-like-the-teamsters-often/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) > [“Only in the movies or comic books do people say they want you to go and hit somebody. All they ever say is that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/only-in-the-movies-or-comic-books-do-people-say-they-want-you-to-go/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) > [“As I learned the ropes I learned that for many good and sound reasons the bosses and the captains sent a guy to whack…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/as-i-learned-the-ropes-i-learned-that-for-many-good-and-sound-reasons/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) > [“Russell had taken me with him to Cuba just when Castro was starting to kick everybody out and confiscate their casinos and racetracks and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/russell-had-taken-me-with-him-to-cuba-just-when-castro-was-starting/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) > [“You didn’t know who to trust, but you kept taking cabbies aside and persuading them to sign a card. For some reason there were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/you-didn-t-know-who-to-trust-but-you-kept-taking-cabbies-aside-and/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) > [“Russ quit smoking on a bet with Jimmy Blue Eyes,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/russ-quit-smoking-on-a-bet-with-jimmy-blue-eyes/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) > [“they wanted the guy left right there on the sidewalk as a message to those who needed to know the guy did not get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/they-wanted-the-guy-left-right-there-on-the-sidewalk-as-a-message-to/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) > [“Carlos Marcello and the war orphans did cross my mind during the drive, and I sat the whole way facing the driver. He was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/carlos-marcello-and-the-war-orphans-did-cross-my-mind-during-the/) [Charles Brandt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-brandt/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kennedy/charles-brandt/#itemlist", "name": "19 Kennedy Quotes By Charles Brandt", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Bobby Kennedy called Jimmy Hoffa “the most powerful man in the country next to the president.” Part”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles Brandt" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/bobby-kennedy-called-jimmy-hoffa-the-most-powerful-man-in-the-country/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36e/charles-brandt-2101_bobby-kennedy_bobby-kennedy-called-jimmy-hoffa-the-mos_3050783.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36e/charles-brandt-2101_bobby-kennedy_bobby-kennedy-called-jimmy-hoffa-the-mos_3050783.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36e/charles-brandt-2101_bobby-kennedy_bobby-kennedy-called-jimmy-hoffa-the-mos_3050783.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Bobby Kennedy called Jimmy Hoffa “the most powerful man in the country next to the president.” Part” — Charles Brandt", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“When asked by Bobby Kennedy where he’d gotten $20,000 in cash to invest in a business venture, Hoffa replied, “From individuals.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles Brandt" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/when-asked-by-bobby-kennedy-where-he-d-gotten-20-000-in-cash-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/191/charles-brandt-2101_bobby-kennedy_when-asked-by-bobby-kennedy-where-he-d-g_2312414.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/191/charles-brandt-2101_bobby-kennedy_when-asked-by-bobby-kennedy-where-he-d-g_2312414.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/191/charles-brandt-2101_bobby-kennedy_when-asked-by-bobby-kennedy-where-he-d-g_2312414.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When asked by Bobby Kennedy where he’d gotten $20,000 in cash to invest in a business venture, Hoffa…” — Charles Brandt", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“When a reporter asked Bobby Kennedy what he would do if Hoffa were acquitted, Bobby Kennedy, who said he had “never considered that possibility” with such an “air-tight case,” remarked, “I’ll jump off the Capitol.” In”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles Brandt" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/when-a-reporter-asked-bobby-kennedy-what-he-would-do-if-hoffa-were/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ff/charles-brandt-2101_bobby-kennedy_when-a-reporter-asked-bobby-kennedy-what_507565.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ff/charles-brandt-2101_bobby-kennedy_when-a-reporter-asked-bobby-kennedy-what_507565.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ff/charles-brandt-2101_bobby-kennedy_when-a-reporter-asked-bobby-kennedy-what_507565.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When a reporter asked Bobby Kennedy what he would do if Hoffa were acquitted, Bobby Kennedy, who said he had…” — Charles Brandt", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Bobby Kennedy chose the members of the squad himself. 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Toward”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles Brandt" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/later-that-same-year-john-f-kennedy-was-elected-president-by-a-thin/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7e/charles-brandt-2101_american-history_later-that-same-year-john-f-kennedy-was_300882.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7e/charles-brandt-2101_american-history_later-that-same-year-john-f-kennedy-was_300882.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7e/charles-brandt-2101_american-history_later-that-same-year-john-f-kennedy-was_300882.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Later that same year John F. Kennedy was elected president by a thin margin. 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