“And we in America should see that no man is ever given, no matter how gradually or how noble and excellent the man, the power to put this country into a war which is now being prepared and brought closer each day with all the premeditation of a long planned murder. For when you give power to an executive you do not know who will be filling that position when the time of crisis comes.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source“It is a good thing to have a brave man [JFK] as our President in times as tough as these are for our country and the world.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source“The President has paid dear for his White House. It has commonly cost him all his peace.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“The President of a great democracy such as ours, and the editors of great newspapers such as yours, owe a common obligation to the people: an obligation to present the facts, to present them with candor, and to present them in perspective.”
— John F. Kennedy Primary sourcePower War JFK Politics Cause and Effect