To people who remember JFK's assassination, JFK Jr. will probably always be that boy saluting his father's coffin.

- Michael Beschloss

The point is that you see candidates running in these different kinds of contests. A primary shows you something that's different from a state party …

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Legacy is what a president does that affects later generations.

- Michael Beschloss

You have had presidential candidates over the last 30 years who would have had a very hard time getting nominated under the old system. One example i…

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The Founding Fathers would be sorry to see that America had become so divided and factionalized.

- Michael Beschloss

The original thing that fascinated me most was why we expect leaders, and especially presidents, at times to destroy themselves - and that's a sign o…

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I'm defining [presidential courage] pretty narrowly. It's not only taking a big political risk but it's also the risk that in the hindsight of histor…

- Michael Beschloss

Lincoln was able to say, you know, "It will make me very unhappy if I lose the presidency, but I'm committed to larger things." If you look at candid…

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You have to raise $100 million, probably, to be serious.

- Michael Beschloss