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1960--LBJ vs. JFK vs. Nixon: The Epic Campaign That Forged Three Presidencies QUOTES

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

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2 " Organizing a coup was not the same as wanting one. "

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3 " 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. "

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4 " 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 "

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5 " Richard Nixon coveted, to the point of obsession, a controversy-free, stage-managed coronation. "

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6 " JFK apparently felt genuine sympathy for his 1960 presidential opponent Richard Nixon. He felt that, with Nixon's frequent shifts in political philosophy and reinventions, he must have to decide which Nixon he will be at each stop. This, Kennedy reasoned, must be exhausting. "

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7 " The author commented that John F. Kennedy's 1960 presidential campaign team worked like a band of brothers, while Richard Nixon's campaign team worked like a band of brothers in law under the direction of a quarrelsome aunt. "

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8 " 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. "

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

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

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

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12 " A lot of people here some South in your mouth, and they automatically think you're dumb. They think if you talk funny, you are funny. – Lloyd Hand "

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13 " Jousting with an obvious hoodlum couldn't hurt. "

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14 " The political mind is the product of men in public life who have been twice spoiled. They have been spoiled with praise and they have been spoiled with abuse. – Calvin Coolidge "

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15 " No matter what office LBJ assumed he lifted greater than when he found it. "

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16 " JFK had to act before his fragile body betrayed him. "

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17 " Be civilized. Grudges are for Neanderthals. – Hubert Humphrey "

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18 " As the pace of the campaign quickened, politics began to clash with Kennedy's innate sense of responsibility. – Arthur Schlesinger "

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19 " JFK had a way of grabbing grandeur from mishap. "

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20 " For Jack Kennedy, who only made campaigning LOOK easy, it was, in fact, anything but. "

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