Character trait Quote by Scott Farris

“(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

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

His enemies said he [Robert Kennedy] was consumed with selfish ambition, a ruthless opportunist exploiting his brother's legend. But he was too passionate and…

— Jack Newfield

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

“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

The Kennedy lifestyle is something that is looked upon favorably by the elites throughout our culture, both political and social.

— Rush Limbaugh

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

— Rush Limbaugh

How much he was shaped by being in the hospital so much as a kid. Because he was sick, he was a reader, and…

— Chris Matthews

In the end, Ted Kennedy was a politician, plain and simple. Yet he embodied how politics and public service can be successfully intertwined. You…

— Chuck Todd

“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

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

— Malcolm X

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

— Theodore H. White