01c. 1949 ADWhile JFK had made the sale on a political level, he had not yet completed it on an emotional one.David Pietrusza / quote ↗
03c. 1949 ADJohn F. Kennedy responded, as he often did when at his best, skillfully mixing dollops of wit with, self-deprecation, and the principle of not-really-going-near-the-question.David Pietrusza / quote ↗
04c. 1949 ADNixon was by nature a excluder. Halderman like to exclude people. When Nixon's need met Halderman's abilities, you had the most perfect formula for disaster. – Jim ShepleyDavid Pietrusza / quote ↗
05c. 1949 ADRichard Nixon coveted, to the point of obsession, a controversy-free, stage-managed coronation.David Pietrusza / quote ↗
06c. 1949 ADJFK apparently felt genuine sympathy for his 1960 presidential opponent Richard Nixon. He felt that, with Nixon's frequent shifts in political philosophy and reinventions, he must have to decide which Nixon he will be at each stop. This, Kennedy reasoned, must be exhausting.David Pietrusza / quote ↗
07c. 1949 ADThe author commented that John F. Kennedy's 1960 presidential campaign team worked like a band of brothers, while Richard Nixon's campaign team worked like a band of brothers in law under the direction of a quarrelsome aunt.David Pietrusza / quote ↗
08c. 1949 ADNixon wanted view and advice brought to him through intermediaries. He wanted information filtered as it came to him – and he wanted his filters to filter his will back to those whom he must direct.David Pietrusza / quote ↗
09c. 1949 ADEisenhower on LBJ: "He hadn't got the depth of mind nor the breath vision to carry great responsibility.David Pietrusza / quote ↗
10c. 1949 ADHenry Cabot Lodge was like medicine, good for you, but hard to take. – Teddy WhiteDavid Pietrusza / quote ↗
11c. 1949 ADThere are really two essential things in campaigning. First, you must be in good humor. If you're going to be a raffle, you are to stay home. Second, you are to make sense in your speeches. These aren't the two things you must do. Unless you're saying, if you can be in good humor when you're exhausted. – Henry Cabot LodgeDavid Pietrusza / quote ↗
12c. 1949 ADEleanor Roosevelt on the changes in John F. Kennedy that led her to drop her opposition to his nomination for president: "He has the qualities of a scholar, and a sense of history. I had the feeling that he was the man who can learn. I like him better than I ever had before because he seemed so little caulk-sure, and I think he has a mind that is open to new ideas.David Pietrusza / quote ↗
13c. 1949 ADThe author's alliterative description of politics since the 1960 presidential debates: "Government by Gotcha".David Pietrusza / quote ↗
14c. 1949 ADJack Kennedy protected a mature and presidential image – tough, yet not unduly combative.David Pietrusza / quote ↗
15c. 1949 ADWhat we saw in Richard Nixon's face was the panic in his soul. – Richard GoodwinDavid Pietrusza / quote ↗
16c. 1949 ADIn the 1960 campaign, Arthur Schlesinger wrote of Adlai Stevenson, who already lost twice as the party's presidential nominee, "He has been away from power too long; he gives me an odd sense of unreality, a certain frivolity, distractedness, over-interest in words and phrases.David Pietrusza / quote ↗
17c. 1949 ADA lot of people here some South in your mouth, and they automatically think you're dumb. They think if you talk funny, you are funny. – Lloyd HandDavid Pietrusza / quote ↗
20c. 1949 ADThe political mind is the product of men in public life who have been twice spoiled. They have been spoiled with praise and they have been spoiled with abuse. – Calvin CoolidgeDavid Pietrusza / quote ↗
21c. 1949 ADPolitics look very simple to the outsider whether he is a businessman or a soldier – it is only when you get into it that all the angles and hard work become apparent. James ForrestalDavid Pietrusza / quote ↗
22c. 1949 ADNo matter what office LBJ assumed he lifted greater than when he found it.David Pietrusza / quote ↗
24c. 1949 ADJack and Bobby Kennedy were too young, too attached to real family to transfer affection and loyalty to those that of their blood or region or upbringing.David Pietrusza / quote ↗
