Scott Farris, Kennedy And Reagan: Why Their Legacies Endure Quotes
In preaching conservative doctrine, Goldwater's jeremiads seemed to be preaching the end of the old world, while Reagan's pep talks seemed to trumpet the beginning of a new one.
Kennedy echoed Stanley Baldwin that a democracy is always two years behind a dictator.
The great actors always play themselves.
One biographer said Kennedy lived along the line where charm became power.
As sometimes happens with men who wish to fight but do not or cannot, Reagan developed a romantic image of the military.