Author: Robert Dallek

Quotes

There are limits on what a president can achieve or do, but the expectations are so great.

There are limits on what a president can achieve or do, but the expectations are so great.

- Robert Dallek

What makes war interesting for Americans is that we don't fight war on our soil, we don't have direct experience of it, so there's an openness about the meanings we give to it.

What makes war interesting for Americans is that we don't fight war on our soil, we don't have direct experience of it, so there's an openness about the meanings we give to it.

- Robert Dallek

I think experience is a terribly overrated idea when it comes to thinking about who should become president.

I think experience is a terribly overrated idea when it comes to thinking about who should become president.

- Robert Dallek

John Kennedy had so many different medical problems that began when he was a boy. He started out with intestinal problems... spastic colitis.

John Kennedy had so many different medical problems that began when he was a boy. He started out with intestinal problems... spastic colitis.

- Robert Dallek

Obama's endorsement of gay marriage is hardly as consequential as Johnson's legislative success on civil rights.

Obama's endorsement of gay marriage is hardly as consequential as Johnson's legislative success on civil rights.

- Robert Dallek

Experience helped Richard Nixon, but it didn't save him, and it certainly wasn't a blanket endorsement. He blundered terribly in dealing with Vietnam.

Experience helped Richard Nixon, but it didn't save him, and it certainly wasn't a blanket endorsement. He blundered terribly in dealing with Vietnam.

- Robert Dallek

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