Books Quote by Theodore H. White

“I've always regarded it as a test of character to dislike the Kennedys. I don't really respect anyone who falls for Camelot.”

— Christopher Hitchens

“strength with which President Kennedy dispatched his enemies”—a tribute couched in rather remarkable words: Johnson described Kennedy “when he looks you straight in the…

— Robert A. Caro

“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

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

“I always tell people JFK's book 'Profiles in Courage' was a very slim volume.”

— Larry J. Sabato

“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

“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

“The life inside a book always felt welcoming to Knight. It pressed no demands on him, while the world of human interactions was so…

— Michael Finkel

“What he’d wanted before had crumbled away, leaving the truth of what Kennedy did to him. It was new, and there was a long…

— Natalie J. Damschroder

“Who the hell ain't dysfunctional these days? When the Kennedys straighten out, then maybe the rest of us should worry.”

— Cathie Pelletier

“Always do what you're afraid to do"-Robert F. Kennedy”

— Evan Thomas

“John F. Kennedy. ‘Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.’ ”

— John Dixon