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> [“The 'smoke-filled room' as political reality is now as dead as Prohibition.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-h-white/the-smoke-filled-room-as-political-reality-is-now-as-dead-as/)

[Theodore H. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-h-white/)

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## More by Theodore H. White

> [“A genuine primary is a fight within the family of the party - and, like any family fight, is apt to be more bitter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-h-white/a-genuine-primary-is-a-fight-within-the-family-of-the-party-and-like/)

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> [“Perhaps the book’s greatest weakness is its romantic depiction of President Kennedy as a kind of knight in shining armor.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-h-white/perhaps-the-book-s-greatest-weakness-is-its-romantic-depiction-of/)

[Theodore H. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-h-white/)

> [“In politics, the things that do not happen are frequently as significant as those that do.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-h-white/in-politics-the-things-that-do-not-happen-are-frequently-as/)

[Theodore H. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-h-white/)

> [“The 'smoke-filled room' as political reality is now as dead as Prohibition.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-h-white/the-smoke-filled-room-as-political-reality-is-now-as-dead-as/)

[Theodore H. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-h-white/)

> [“The development of an image is a mysterious thing: once a public figure has been cast in a public role, it is almost impossible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-h-white/the-development-of-an-image-is-a-mysterious-thing-once-a-public/)

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> [“The best politics for any president is to be a good president.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-h-white/the-best-politics-for-any-president-is-to-be-a-good-president/)

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> [“The first and most essential quality of a presidential candidate, as Averell Harriman once pointed out, is that he should lust for the job…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-h-white/the-first-and-most-essential-quality-of-a-presidential-candidate-as/)

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> [“In the politics of consent, no victory is ever permanent unless the victor makes it firm on a base of persuasion.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-h-white/in-the-politics-of-consent-no-victory-is-ever-permanent-unless-the/)

[Theodore H. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-h-white/)

> [“Professionals in a campaign are servants; they can tell him only how to do something once he tells them what it is he wants…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-h-white/professionals-in-a-campaign-are-servants-they-can-tell-him-only-how/)

[Theodore H. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-h-white/)

> [“All men who run for presidency of the United States are amateurs; there is no way of becoming a professional at it, and all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-h-white/all-men-who-run-for-presidency-of-the-united-states-are-amateurs/)

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> [“The Americans of the age were not an irreligious people; and the fact that they were Christian was very important, for the marks of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-h-white/the-americans-of-the-age-were-not-an-irreligious-people-and-the-fact/)

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> [“To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-h-white/to-go-against-the-dominant-thinking-of-your-friends-of-most-of-the-2/)

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> [“Politics is a process which should slowly bring to public all the private worries and hopes of the individual.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-h-white/politics-is-a-process-which-should-slowly-bring-to-public-all-the/)

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