Henry Cabot Lodge was like medicine, good for you, but hard to take. – Teddy White

While JFK had made the sale on a political level, he had not yet completed it on an emotional one.

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.

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.

The author's alliterative description of politics since the 1960 presidential debates: "Government by Gotcha".

Jack Kennedy protected a mature and presidential image – tough, yet not unduly combative.

What we saw in Richard Nixon's face was the panic in his soul. – Richard Goodwin

In the dull, persistent beat of her heart, she hears the rhythm of hope. It is faint and thin as a thread, but it is there.

Who'll hold families together, if everybody has to live? Living is a compromise, between doing what you want and doing what other people want.

It happened. It was awful. You aren't perfect. That's all there is. Don't confuse your grief with guilt.

Japanese people tend to be much better adjusted to the notion of work, any kind of work, as honorable.

If you are to accomplish all that one demands of you, you must overestimate your own worth.

The family is the foundation for love and for maintaining spirituality

Basically painting is total idiocy.

Actors make choices for different reasons.

The facts we see depend on where we are placed and the habits of our eyes.

Human beings are very complex creatures. This desire, this greed, this love is very complex.