As the pace of the campaign quickened, politics began to clash with Kennedy's innate sense of responsibility. – Arthur Schlesinger

In the 1960 campaign, Arthur Schlesinger wrote of Adlai Stevenson, who already lost twice as the party's presidential nominee, "He has been away from power too long; he gives me an odd sense of unreality, a certain frivolity, distractedness, over-interest in words and phrases.

More often there's a compromise between ethics and expediency.

Design is nothing if not decision making.

If practicality and morality are polarized and you must choose, you must do what you think is right, rather than what you think is practical.

Trust your instincts, and make judgements on what your heart tells you. The heart will not betray you.