1960s Quote by John Lewis

I was very political when JFK ran.

— Bob Newhart

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

I came at age in the '60s, and initially my hopes and dreams were invested in politics and the movements of the time -…

— David Talbot

In two months Joseph Kennedy had taken over my entire life, and I trusted him implicitly to make the most of it.

— Gloria Swanson

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

I've covered a lot of presidential campaigns.

— Dana Bash

I voted proudly for the first time for John Fitzgerald Kennedy for president of the United States.

— Danny K. Davis

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

I love JFK. My mother had been a worker on his campaign and adored him.

— Tim Matheson

I ran for ninth grade class president. Came in a close second.

— Kristin Lehman

I ran for president in 1996.

— Arlen Specter

I made four films on John F. Kennedy, filmed when he was running for office, in office, and after his death.

— Robert Drew