I did meet Sen. Robert Kennedy, and it taught me something about political charisma.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
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.
I was very political when JFK ran.
I'm a product of the Kennedy era. Kennedy's Inaugural plus the accident of Dean Rusk brought me into the government. Those were my values.
I met senators, diplomats and the President of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Kennedy was a man who liked writers and even I got invited to the White House.
The energy of the Kennedy years was completely compelling... I had a sense of a generous society eager to change the world. Idealism was very contagious. So that's why I went to America. I didn't intend to stay.
I've learned to appreciate the thinking of John Kennedy.
I enjoyed working with Ted Kennedy.
Certainly I think the election of John Kennedy and all he stood for was one that really was an inspiration.
I was a political science student.
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