Election Quote by Birch Bayh

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

I was very political when JFK ran.

— Bob Newhart

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

It was fascinating what a total interest he [John F. Kennedy] had in his tradecraft of being a politician. I didn't realize before that…

— Chris Matthews

John F. Kennedy, the man I had thought would define the political ideal for the rest of my days, was suddenly gone in the…

— Tom Brokaw

Kennedy is remembered as a success mainly because of what came after: Johnson and Vietnam. Nixon and Watergate.

— Robert Dallek

I did meet Sen. Robert Kennedy, and it taught me something about political charisma.

— Michael Korda

I think John F. Kennedy was the last great hope. And that's why I dwell on that subject. He was someone who could stand…

— Oliver Stone

I believed in Bobby Kennedy. Campaigning for him was an attempt to give back something to this country that has given me so much.

— Sammy Davis, Jr

My allegiance to the GOP was cemented during the 1980s, when I was in high school and college and Ronald Reagan was in the…

— Max Boot

JFK was leading the world, leading the United States into a new position with the Soviet Union. He was calling for the end of…

— Oliver Stone

I came to political consciousness with John F. Kennedy's magnificent 1961 Inaugural Address. It seemed the start of something fresh and exciting, and it was.

— Joe Klein