Author: Robert Dallek

Quotes

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

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

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

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

- Robert Dallek

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

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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