Perhaps no American family-with the possible exception of the Adams family-has had a more vivid and powerful impact … - Doris Kearns Goodwin

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What people speak of as adventure is something nobody in his right mind would seek out, and it becomes romantic only when one is safely at home.

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Perhaps no American family-with the possible exception of the Adams family-has had a more vivid and powerful impact on the life of their times. But the Kennedy tale-the spiral compound of glory, achievement, degradation and almost mythical tragedy-exerts a fascination upon us that goes beyond their public achievements.

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They all start competing against Lincoln as the greatest president. And the [library] building becomes the symbol, the memorial to that dream.

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He (William Howard Taft) had little patience with the unconscious arrogance of conscious wealth and financial success.

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I liked the thought that the book I was now holding had been held by dozens of others.

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I think with Lyndon Johnson, the most important thing I learned was that he never had the sense of security that comes from inside. It always depended on other people making him feel good about himself, which meant that he was always beholden, continually needing to succeed. He could never stop. There was such a restlessness in him.

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Those who knew Lincoln described him as an extraordinarily funny man. Humor was an essential aspect of his temperament. He laughed, he explained, so he did not weep.

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