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“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

History must judge John F. Kennedy not only by what he was able to accomplish in a thousand days, but also by what he…

— T. M. Scanlon

Historians will come to their own judgments about President Kennedy. Here is how I choose to remember him. He was an heir to wealth…

— Edward Kennedy

“For better than thirty years, as a working historian, I have written on leaders I knew, such as Lyndon Johnson, and interviewed intimates of…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

JFK [John F. Kennedy] was young, glamorous, Camelot, funny, engaging. Congress loved him.

— Rush Limbaugh

“The good reporters of that era, those who were well educated and who were enlightened themselves and worked for enlightened organizations, liked the Kennedys…

— David Halberstam

“Up to then there had been something of a gentleman’s agreement among those who might be called The Good Journalists of Washington that the…

— David Halberstam

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

— Tim Matheson

“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

I've learned to appreciate the thinking of John Kennedy.

— Hugo Chavez

“(John F.) Kennedy was an elitist and not a populist. He was enthralled by a certain British aristocratic view of politics in which an…

— Scott Farris

President Kennedy was a voracious reader and was forever coming up with fascinating bits of information.

— Pierre Salinger