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Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: Eisenhower was quite supportive of Kennedy and Johnson Eisenhower was quite supportive of Kennedy and Johnson in terms of foreign policy. Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: There are limits on what a president can There are limits on what a president can achieve or do, but the expectations are so great. Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: I see a direct line between Kennedy and I see a direct line between Kennedy and Richard Nixon and the opening to China and the detente with the Soviet Union. Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: The institution of the presidency was profoundly affected The institution of the presidency was profoundly affected by Watergate. Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: Harry Truman wrote scathing letters, but he almost Harry Truman wrote scathing letters, but he almost never sent them. — Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: If Roosevelt didn't have World War II, he If Roosevelt didn't have World War II, he never would have had a third term. — Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: In the late 19th century, the Populists - In the late 19th century, the Populists - a protest movement of mainly disaffected farmers and workers - threatened to overturn established authority. — Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: Like Lyndon Johnson, President Obama understands that timidity Like Lyndon Johnson, President Obama understands that timidity in a time of troubles is a prescription for failure. — Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: Experience helped Richard Nixon, but it didn't save Experience helped Richard Nixon, but it didn't save him, and it certainly wasn't a blanket endorsement. He blundered terribly in dealing with Vietnam. — Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: Nowadays, everyone seems to have a blog that Nowadays, everyone seems to have a blog that finds readers. — Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: How many State of the Union addresses do How many State of the Union addresses do people remember? They don't resonate that way. — Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: For style and for creating a mood of For style and for creating a mood of optimism and hope - Kennedy on that count is as effective as any president the country has had in its history. — Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: Dwight Eisenhower, the Republican nominee in 1952, made Dwight Eisenhower, the Republican nominee in 1952, made a strong public commitment to ending the war in Korea, where fighting had reached a stalemate. — Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: The art of diplomacy is finding a reasonable The art of diplomacy is finding a reasonable route among imperfect alternatives. — Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: There are examples of ex-presidents speaking out. Jimmy There are examples of ex-presidents speaking out. Jimmy Carter has not held back on a variety of issues. Harry Truman didn't. — Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: Access to presidential materials should be as wide Access to presidential materials should be as wide as possible. — Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: The Bay of Pigs is one of America's The Bay of Pigs is one of America's most infamous Cold War blunders, and it has been studied, debated, and dramatized endlessly ever since. — Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: It's always valuable for someone running for president It's always valuable for someone running for president ... to have as much bipartisan support as possible. — Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: The greatest presidents have been those who demonstrated The greatest presidents have been those who demonstrated astute judgment in times of crisis - often despite the advice they were getting. — Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: Kennedy is remembered as a success mainly because Kennedy is remembered as a success mainly because of what came after: Johnson and Vietnam. Nixon and Watergate. — Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: Joseph McCarthy and the John Birch Society launched Joseph McCarthy and the John Birch Society launched an anti-Communist crusade that won the support of millions of Americans in the 1950s. — Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: At the start of first terms, presidents invariably At the start of first terms, presidents invariably have a measure of goodwill. — Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: The Cold War is over. The kind of The Cold War is over. The kind of authority that the presidents asserted during the Cold War has now been diminished. — Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: Governing is one thing, campaigning is another - Governing is one thing, campaigning is another - and the latter becomes far more pronounced in an election-year State of the Union. — Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: My feeling is that it's a misreading of My feeling is that it's a misreading of history to say that, as the Reagan supporters do, that Reagan won the Cold War. — Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: What did in the Soviet Union was the What did in the Soviet Union was the Soviet Union. — Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: If nobody trusts you as president, then you If nobody trusts you as president, then you can't get anything done. — Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: It is very difficult for [people] to accept It is very difficult for [people] to accept the idea that someone as inconsequential as Oswald could have killed someone as consequential as Kennedy. — Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: Political vitriol is a familiar enough characteristic of Political vitriol is a familiar enough characteristic of American history. — Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: Flattery was one of Kissinger's principal tools in Flattery was one of Kissinger's principal tools in winning over Nixon, and a tool he employed shamelessly. — Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: After one party loses two elections in a After one party loses two elections in a row, there's sort of blood in the water. — Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: Full federal funding for presidential libraries should bring Full federal funding for presidential libraries should bring with it new rules of control over papers and artifacts. — Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: Presidents need to be critically studied and analyzed. Presidents need to be critically studied and analyzed. — Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: Racial segregation in the South not only separated Racial segregation in the South not only separated the races, but it separated the South from the rest of the country. — Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: With television, you can make anyone look larger With television, you can make anyone look larger than life. — Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: George Washington sets the nation on its democratic George Washington sets the nation on its democratic path. Abraham Lincoln preserves it. Franklin Roosevelt sees the nation through depression and war. — Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: Presidents by six years have been there long Presidents by six years have been there long enough for the media and the country to see their flaws. — Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: Unity is Obama's theme. Unity is Obama's theme. — Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: Obama is cutting back on the idea that Obama is cutting back on the idea that we're going to have Jeffersonian democracy in Pakistan or anywhere else. — Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: Henry Kissinger never wanted the 20,000 pages of Henry Kissinger never wanted the 20,000 pages of his telephone transcripts made public - not while he was alive, at any rate. — Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: A president cannot sit on his hands and A president cannot sit on his hands and be seen as passive in the face of ruthless action by a foreign dictator. — Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: What's in a person's heart and soul will What's in a person's heart and soul will not likely be changed by the ability to command a helicopter to land on the South Lawn. — Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: How different our national perspective would be had How different our national perspective would be had Johnson, rather than Nixon, served from 1969 to 1973. — Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: John Kennedy had so many different medical problems John Kennedy had so many different medical problems that began when he was a boy. He started out with intestinal problems ... spastic colitis. — Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: Obama's endorsement of gay marriage is hardly as Obama's endorsement of gay marriage is hardly as consequential as Johnson's legislative success on civil rights. — Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: By the time a second term rolls around, By the time a second term rolls around, the illusions about a president have largely evaporated. — Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: In counterfactual history, nothing is certain. In counterfactual history, nothing is certain. — Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: I think experience is a terribly overrated idea I think experience is a terribly overrated idea when it comes to thinking about who should become president. — Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: There's a certain clubbiness to the idea that There's a certain clubbiness to the idea that you're an ex-president. You're no longer a politician. You're a statesman. — Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: Concealing one's true medical condition from the voting Concealing one's true medical condition from the voting public is a time-honored tradition of the American presidency. — Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: They are pretty good at improvising, but God They are pretty good at improvising, but God help us if they are given time to think. Dean Atchison — Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: Presidential aspirants reach for the highest office to Presidential aspirants reach for the highest office to satisfy some yearning for greatness or even immortality. — Robert Dallek
Robert Dallek Quotes By Robert Dallek: American politics is theatre. There is a frightening American politics is theatre. There is a frightening emotionalism at national conventions. — Robert Dallek