America Quote by Howard Stringer

I'm a product of the Kennedy era. Kennedy's Inaugural plus the accident of Dean Rusk brought me into the government. Those were my values.

— Richard Holbrooke

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

The result of being a Kennedy is that I have extraordinary opportunities that I wouldn't otherwise have.

— Kerry Kennedy

What interested me most about the Kennedys was the family situation. Somehow, they had created this family that lasted over time, they had a…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

I was very political when JFK ran.

— Bob Newhart

Kennedy saw the presidency as the vital center of government, and a president's primary goal as galvanizing commitments to constructive change. He aimed to…

— Robert Dallek

You know, I am not a particular Kennedy apologist or an awed fan - I was 12 when he was murdered - but I…

— Gene Weingarten

“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

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

I had the fixation that comes with being a Kennedy to be a great man on the big stage.

— Mark Shriver

I got into the Kennedy White House because at the time I was president of the Women's National Press Club, and they assigned me…

— Helen Thomas

A lot of my idealism was frustrated by the end of the '60s because of the way things went with the assassinations and the…

— David Talbot