“To be sure, Kennedy did not discount the importance of words in rallying the nation to meet its foreign and domestic challenges. Winston Churchill's powerful exhortations during World War II set a standard he had long admired. Kennedy was hardly unmindful of how important a great inaugural address could be.”

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About Robert Dallek

American historian

Robert A. Dallek is an American historian known for his work on the presidents of the United States. His writing has focused in particular on Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Richard Nixon. He is widely associated with political history and the study of modern American presidential leadership. On this site, 128 quotes are attributed to him.

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