Ted Sorrenson, Jfk's Presidential Speech Writer, When

The Democratic Party's Complete Obeisance To [the Abortion] Lobby Makes Democrats Look Bought, Frightened And Craven.

At Some Point, Don't Voters Start To See All Of Public Life As One Big Polluted River? And If They Do, Don't They Stop Saying Things Like "that's A Busted Tire Floating By" And "that's An Old Shoe"?

Humor Is The Shock Absorber Of Life; It Helps Us Take The Blows.

When You Forget Yourself And Your Fear, When You Get Beyond Self-consciousness Because Your Mind Is Thinking About What You Are Trying To Communicate, You Become A Better Communicator

In A President, Character Is Everything. A President Doesn't Have To Be Brilliant... He Doesn't Have To Be Clever; You Can Hire Clever... You Can Hire Pragmatic, And You Can Buy And Bring In Policy Wonks. But You Cant Buy Courage And Decency, You Cant Rent A Strong Moral Sense. A President Must Bring Those Things With Him. He Needs To Have, In That Much Maligned Word, But A Good One Nonetheless, A Vision Of The Future He Wishes To Create.. But A Vision Is Worth Little If A President Doesn't Have The Character - The Courage And Heart - To See It Through.