Authoritarian Quote by Thomas Mallon

When people ask what were the qualities of Bobby Kennedy that they most admired, it was first that he was tough. Second, he told…

— Emilio Estevez

Some people saw Bobby Kennedy as ruthless. I'm sure he did not see himself as ruthless.

— Conchata Ferrell

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

“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

Kennedy was like a rock star. Carter was the earnest outsider at the height of Washington cynicism. Clinton was a bad boy who proposed…

— Fabrizio Moreira

Kennedy was a lot of fun, always. He had something going on. But not Nixon.

— George Smathers

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

Lyndon Johnson was a profoundly insecure man who feared dissent and craved reassurance. In 1964 and 1965, Johnson's principal goals were to win the…

— H. R. McMaster

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

— Malcolm X

“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

“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

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