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I remember someone once asked Jack Kennedy why he was paying such close attention to the renovation of the square across from the White House, and he said, 'It may be the only thing my presidency is remembered for.'

— Gloria Steinem

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Kennedy is remembered as a success mainly because of what came after: Johnson and Vietnam. Nixon and Watergate.

— Robert Dallek

I would've loved Jack Kennedy. I would've loved to have campaigned for him and supported him. I wish there were more like him today.

— Rob Lowe

I believe that Bill Clinton will be remembered as one of our nation's great Presidents, and Senator Clinton as one of our nation's great public servants.

— Joe Andrew

Our true remembrance to President Kennedy is in our actions to honor the unspoken words and finish the unfinished work today and tomorrow and for as long as it takes.

— Marian Wright Edelman

I just find Bobby Kennedy's short campaign for president so inspiring because his rhetoric identified what America can be like if we care about each other.

— Tim Ryan

I've learned to appreciate the thinking of John Kennedy.

— Hugo Chavez

To be sure, Kennedy did not discount the importance of words in rallying the nation to meet its foreign and domestic challenges. Winston Churchill's powerful exhortations during World War II set a standard he had long admired. Kennedy was hardly unmindful of how important a great inaugural address could be.

— Robert Dallek

Kennedy was a lot of fun, always. He had something going on. But not Nixon.

— George Smathers

Robert Kennedy was such an inspiring figure. His interest in politics seemed to come not from a desire for power, but from a need to help our society live up to its ideals.

— Elisabeth Shue

I was very political when JFK ran.

— Bob Newhart

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