Achievement Quote by Jack Newfield

It [his brothers assassination] made Robert Kennedy, a man unprepared for introspection, think for the first time in his life, what he wanted to…

— Jack Newfield

“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

A deep, black grief gripped Robert Kennedy in the months following his brother's assassination. He lost weight, fell into melancholy silences, wore his brother's…

— Thurston Clarke

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

Some people saw Bobby Kennedy as ruthless. I'm sure he did not see himself as ruthless.

— Conchata Ferrell

Bobby Kennedy's conduct toward Lyndon Johnson was childish and despicable. As the years went on, he displayed nasty, self-pitying, and messianic qualities that would…

— Thomas Mallon

“Perhaps the book’s greatest weakness is its romantic depiction of President Kennedy as a kind of knight in shining armor.”

— Theodore H. White

When people ask what were the qualities of Bobby Kennedy that they most admired, it was first that he was tough. Second, he told…

— Emilio Estevez

Television has an awful lot to do with the Kennedy mystique and the fact that he's frozen in people's minds at the age of…

— Robert Dallek

“What it came down to was a search not for the most talent, the greatest brilliance, but for the fewest black marks, the fewest…

— David Halberstam

The thing that makes [Bob] Kennedy so good is that he doesn't have a fear of losing. He was willing to go to Europe…

— Frank Shorter

[JF] Kennedy was a deceitful man. He was a cold-blooded politician whose purpose was to get elected.

— Malcolm X