Kennedy did not have to run the risk of having his ideas and his words shortened and adulterated by a correspondent. This was the television era, not only in campaigning, but in holding the presidency.

The legions of reporters who cover politics don't want to quit the clash and thunder of electoral combat for the dry duty of analyzing the federal budget. As a consequence, we have created the perpetual presidential campaign.

[He is] television's sultan of splutter.

A White House dinner is the American family assembled, from labor leaders to billionaires, actors, architects, academicians and athletes.

The legions of reporters who cover politics don't want to quit the clash and thunder of electoral combat for the dry duty of analyzing the federal budget. As a consequence, we have created the perpetual presidential campaign.

When people travel here from across the country, they shed jealousies and politics and prejudices.. The mighty climb down. The humble are elevated.