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.

Most historians agree that Abraham Lincoln was the most important man to ever occupy the White House because he abolished slavery and kept the states united through a bloody civil war.

I’ve married a man who is so afraid of living, he’d rather destroy the very thing that makes him feel alive.

The best writing is certainly when you are in love

It was clear to me that I was never going to be the same kind of player I had been. It was time to quit.

When you get knocked down, don't stay down; get back up again. Nothing good is going to happen as long as you're down on yourself.

The fact is, Bush's war policy has failed. It's failed! Who better to say so than Jack Murtha?

I can't think of anything more horrible than sharing what I'm doing all day!

Seventy-five percent of all Americans believe that angels are real. Which is amazing when you consider that forty percent of all Americans think DNA evidence is unreliable.

I'm telling you, I wanted to. But I was trapped. You of all people should know what it's like being caught between groups

A person may come into full harmony with the formless substance by entertaining a lively and sincere gratitude for the blessings it bestows upon him.

A man must be strong enough to mold the peculiarity of his imperfections into the perfection of his peculiarities.