Quote

I worked in the Senate in the 1970s. I worked for the Labor, Public Welfare Committee, and we had Ted Kennedy and my old boss, Bill Hathaway, and Walter Mondale.

Kennedy was a man who liked writers and even I got invited to the White House.

In the end, Ted Kennedy was a politician, plain and simple. Yet he embodied how politics and public service can be successfully intertwined. You can't be a good public servant without being a good politician. Kennedy was both.

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

I guess my claim to fame is I've now gaveled Ted Kennedy to order twice.

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 had the fixation that comes with being a Kennedy to be a great man on the big stage.

I did meet Sen. Robert Kennedy, and it taught me something about political charisma.

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.

I was very political when JFK ran.