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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

“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

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

Kennedy was a man who liked writers and even I got invited to the White House

— Irwin Shaw

I read every biography [of Jackie Kennedy] I could get my hands on.

— Natalie Portman

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've learned to appreciate the thinking of John Kennedy.

— Hugo Chavez

The lifelong health problems of John F. Kennedy constitute one of the best-kept secrets of recent U.S. history - no surprise, because if the…

— 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

Kennedy is remembered as a success mainly because of what came after: Johnson and Vietnam. Nixon and Watergate.

— Robert Dallek

“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's great virtue, and the essential difference between him and George W. Bush, was that he had an instinctive appreciation for the chaotic forces…

— Michael Dobbs