Robert Dallek Quotes & Sayings (Page 7)

“To be sure, Kennedy did not discount the importance of words in rallying the nation to meet its foreign and domestic challenges. Winston Churchill's powerful exhortations during World War II set a standard he had long admired. Kennedy was hardly unmindful of how important a great inaugural address could be.”

“William Henry Harrison, who died of pneumonia in April of 1841, after only one month in office, was the first Chief Executive to hide his physical frailties.”

“When President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal eased but did not end the country's economic ills, a trio of leftist radicals - Sen. Huey Long of Louisiana; the Rev. Charles Coughlin, the Detroit radio priest; and Francis Townsend in California - enjoyed temporary notoriety as the spokesmen for nostrums promising more rapid and longer-term cures.”

“After one party loses two elections in a row, there's sort of blood in the water.”

“At the start of first terms, presidents invariably have a measure of goodwill.”

“By the time a second term rolls around, the illusions about a president have largely evaporated.”

“Congress becomes the public voice of opposition.”

“Eisenhower was quite supportive of Kennedy and Johnson in terms of foreign policy.”

“Full federal funding for presidential libraries should bring with it new rules of control over papers and artifacts.”

“Harry Truman wrote scathing letters, but he almost never sent them.”