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

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

Organizing a coup was not the same as wanting one.

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.

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

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

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.

Eisenhower on LBJ: "He hadn't got the depth of mind nor the breath vision to carry great responsibility.

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

The author's alliterative description of politics since the 1960 presidential debates: "Government by Gotcha".

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

I would rather live short and right then long and wrong.

Some things will go wrong for each of us, the most important thing is your attitude in that circumstance

What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn't much better than tedious disease.

Mario Lemieux is Mr. Pittsburgh.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned, it seems, to direct the Middle East policy of the Obama administration.

What you pay attention to grows. Pay attention to your loveliness, your magnificent self. Begin now.

Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need and a craving in the teacher himself.

Through my travels, I find inspiration in street style and how young women create their individual looks and identity.

I used to hate to go to school, because when it was Friday afternoon and everybody was finished school, I knew I was going to work Saturday and Sunday.

I remember as a child listening to comedic musicals and thinking they were a real riot. I had pretty questionable taste in comedy.