Charisma Quote by Jeffrey Pfeffer

Trump is not charismatic. He is artless and politically clumsy and wears his egotism on his sleeve.

— Lionel Shriver

No president in history has been more vilified or was more vilivied during the time he was President than Lincoln. Those who knew him,…

— Richard M. Nixon

President Trump has never been accused of being an eloquent or charismatic speaker. In fact, his rough-edged style has roiled commentators and professional politicos…

— Katie Pavlich

“It is not clear who will bring to the Whitehouse those useful commodities of vivid language, a sense of history and most important -…

— Robert A. Caro

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

He was a power politically for years, but he never got prominent enough t'have his speeches garbled

— Kin Hubbard

One of the things particularly admirable in the public utterances of President Lincoln is a certain tone of familiar dignity, which, while it is…

— James Russell Lowell

Lyndon Johnson is not a comfortable model for President Obama to imitate. He is an all-but-forgotten president - pilloried for the failed war in…

— Robert Dallek

As someone who has more than a passing acquaintance with most of the 20th century presidents, I have often thought that their accomplishments have…

— Robert Dallek

I think with Lyndon Johnson, the most important thing I learned was that he never had the sense of security that comes from inside.…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

“In truth, there will never be enough power in the presidency for an incumbent to make good on a purely constructive leadership project, and…

— Stephen Skowronek

A lot of people have done things over the years and made fun of people in one way or another. When I was a…

— Barry Levinson