Career Quote by Theodore H. White

“A genuine primary is a fight within the family of the party - and, like any family fight, is apt to be more bitter…

— Theodore H. White

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

— Theodore H. White

“In politics, the things that do not happen are frequently as significant as those that do.”

— Theodore H. White

“The 'smoke-filled room' as political reality is now as dead as Prohibition.”

— Theodore H. White

“The development of an image is a mysterious thing: once a public figure has been cast in a public role, it is almost impossible…

— Theodore H. White

“The best politics for any president is to be a good president.”

— Theodore H. White

“The first and most essential quality of a presidential candidate, as Averell Harriman once pointed out, is that he should lust for the job…

— Theodore H. White

“In the politics of consent, no victory is ever permanent unless the victor makes it firm on a base of persuasion.”

— Theodore H. White

“All men who run for presidency of the United States are amateurs; there is no way of becoming a professional at it, and all…

— Theodore H. White

“The Americans of the age were not an irreligious people; and the fact that they were Christian was very important, for the marks of…

— Theodore H. White

“To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act…

— Theodore H. White

“Politics is a process which should slowly bring to public all the private worries and hopes of the individual.”

— Theodore H. White