Acceptance speech Quote by Alice Hoffman

Robert Kennedy was such an inspiring figure. His interest in politics seemed to come not from a desire for power, but from a need…

— Elisabeth Shue

Many people remember that spirit that President Kennedy summoned forth. Many people look to me as somebody who embodies that sense of possibility.

— Caroline Kennedy

In what might be a motto of those who sought the presidency and lost, Ted Kennedy once said, "Frankly, I don't mind not being…

— Bob Dole

“I'd learned something important about politics Kennedy-style: The cause was everything. Win or lose, spend yourself completely, leave nothing on the table, not even…

— Joe Trippi

“If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. —John F. Kennedy”

— Marti Olsen Laney

“For him (JFK) as he imagined of the British aristocracy, policies were less important than character traits such as dignity, courage, and honor. They…

— Scott Farris

“(John F.) Kennedy was an elitist and not a populist. He was enthralled by a certain British aristocratic view of politics in which an…

— Scott Farris

I just find Bobby Kennedy's short campaign for president so inspiring because his rhetoric identified what America can be like if we care about…

— Tim Ryan

“Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children’s future.…

— Max Allan Collins

“On July 2, 1960, a few weeks before that year’s Democratic National Convention, former President Harry Truman publicly stated that John F Kennedy—who had…

— Robert Greene

“Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new…

— Robert A. Caro

“Robert F. Kennedy in 1968: Too much and too long, we seem to have surrendered personal excellence and community values in the mere accumulation…

— Arianna Huffington