He [John F. Kennedy] might have envisioned himself being "alone, at the top" but, like Woodrow Wilson, he would find out that… — Tom Wicker Copy Share Image
Pres. Lyndon Johnson was a middle-aged man of smalltown America, both a Westerner and a Southerner, and except where politics had demonstrably forced his… — Tom Wicker Copy Share Image
Our political parties exist for no other reason than to win power; they are not ideological debating societies designed to present a particular political… — Tom Wicker Copy Share Image
Consensus politics is a cyclical thing-in order to accumulate power, one must dispose of it, and as one disposes of it, one must accumulate… — Tom Wicker Copy Share Image
There seldom is enmity between seasoned old politicians, who know as much as men can of human weakness and human strength. — Tom Wicker Copy Share Image
Offices are not powerful because they exist; men make them so. Rights are not honored because they exist; men compel their recognition. — Tom Wicker Copy Share Image
To know things as they are is better than to believe things as they seem. — Tom Wicker Copy Share Image
If the true freedom of the press is to decide for itself what to publish and when to publish it, the true responsibility of… — Tom Wicker Copy Share Image
He [John F. Kennedy] might have envisioned himself being "alone, at the top" but, like Woodrow Wilson, he would find out that not even… — Tom Wicker Copy Share Image
It's a truism that denials never quite catch up with charges. Honest journalists who may have mistakenly printed false information know that the most… — Tom Wicker Copy Share Image
![“He [John F. Kennedy] might have envisioned himself being "alone, at the top" but, like Woodrow Wilson, he would find out that not even a President moves free of human entanglement, human needs, human illusions; not even a President can be independent of those around him.” quote by Tom Wicker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0ec/tom-wicker-42905_entanglement_he-john-f-kennedy-might-have-envisioned_2794897.jpg)
