I admired Eugene McCarthy's courage and although I left his Senate staff after four years to accept a job as the researcher on the editorial page of the 'Washington Post, ' I remained an admirer.

Kennedy was haunted by the Bay of Pigs invasion but carried the country through the Cuban Missile Crisis. He later increased the number of U.S. military advisers to South Vietnam to more than 16,000.

Once I decide to do something, I can't have people telling me I can't. If there's a roadblock, you jump over it, walk around it, crawl under it.

JFK used to say the bishops and the cardinals were all Republicans, but the nuns were Democrats! I sort of believe that too.

A hero is someone we can admire without apology.

The difference between authorized and unauthorized biographies is the difference between riding in carriage or squatting in steerage.

Studies have been done showing that there really are gender differences, that women do bring more congeniality and compromise to the table.

People forget that unauthorized does not mean untrue and authorized does not mean authentic.

Presidents often disappoint, but first ladies rarely do.

There's still time for redemption if I live long enough, don't you think?

I would love to do an unauthorized biography about Congress. It's like a secret society up there.

Like as thou canst do none of these things that I have spoken of, even so canst thou not find out my judgment, or in the end the love that I have promised unto my people.

See it in yourself, and the world will follow suit. Believe in you.

If I couldn't be a good example, I'd just have to be a horrible warning.

But who, in these modern times, slept well?

Intolerance is the natural concomitant of strong faith

The professional soldier gains more and more power as the general courage of a community declines.

Adventure in life is good; consistency in coffee even better.

Joan organizes our social life, and on weekends I follow her around.

To improve as a player you need to not only know how you plan to win, but ... how might your opponent disrupt your plan.

Of many, imagined blessings it may be doubted whether he that wants or possesses them had more reason to be satisfied with his lot.