"While JFK had made the sale on a political level, he had not yet completed it on an emotional one."
- David Pietrusza
"Organizing a coup was not the same as wanting one."
"John 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."
"Nixon 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 Shepley"
"Richard Nixon coveted, to the point of obsession, a controversy-free, stage-managed coronation."
"JFK 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..."
"The 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 directio..."
"Nixon 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."
"Eisenhower on LBJ: "He hadn't got the depth of mind nor the breath vision to carry great responsibility."
"Henry Cabot Lodge was like medicine, good for you, but hard to take. – Teddy White"