Quotes by : Robert Dallek

Like Lyndon Johnson, President Obama understands that timidity in a time of troubles is a prescription....

JFK to RFK: To survive in politics, you sometimes have to be willing to make fun of yourself.

The consequence of the Bay of Pigs failure wasn't an acceptance of Castro and his control of Cuba but,....

Don't be intimidated by people who seem to be experts. Hear their points of view and get their judgements.....

John Kennedy had so many different medical problems that began when he was a boy. He started out with....

Concealing one's true medical condition from the voting public is a time-honored tradition of the American....

Once the public loses confidence in a president's leadership at a time of war, once they don't trust....

As someone who has more than a passing acquaintance with most of the 20th century presidents, I have....

The art of diplomacy is finding a reasonable route among imperfect alternatives.

Richard Nixon had a kind of Walter Mitty fantasy life. He was a man with a grandiose thoughts: dreams....