I don't know a great deal about life in Washington for women--I spent a summer there once working in the White House, and my main ...memories of the experience have to do with a very bad permanent wave I have always been convinced kept me from having a meaningful relationship with President Kennedy ...LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
President Kennedy had a wholesome, widely discussed, and largely deserved reputation for his interest in women.... But no Presiden...t, however young and energetic, could possibly have gotten around to all the ladies in Washington, New York, and Hollywood who made claim to his affections after he died.... Such was the force of Jack Kennedy and the manner of his death that anyone associated with him, even the pretenders, assumed added glamour and interest.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I had many problems in my conduct of the office being contrasted with President Kennedy's conduct in the office, with my manner of... dealing with things and his manner, with my accent and his accent, with my background and his background. He was a great public hero, and anything I did that someone didn't approve of, they would always feel that President Kennedy wouldn't have done that.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I'm always rather nervous about how you talk about women who are active in politics, whether they want to be talked about as women... or as politicians.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I just received the following wire from my generous Daddy--"Dear Jack, Don't buy a single vote more than is necessary. I'll be dam...ned if I'm going to pay for a landslide."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, Members of the House, Members of the Senate, my fellow Americans, all I have I would have given gladly... not to be standing here today.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I do not think it altogether inappropriate to introduce myself to this audience. I am the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy t...o Paris, and I have enjoyed it.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »