“And don’t take us down that road”: Manchester, William, The Glory and the Dream, p. 617.
“rather than opposes the White House”: Caro, Robert, Master of the Senate, p. 525.
“little or no effect on them”: author interview with Harold G. Moore.
“deserves a place in history”: Marshall, S. L. A., Pork Chop Hill, p. 146.
came back with 14: author interviews with Joe Clemons, Walter Russell, and Harold G. Moore.
EPILOGUE
“a Stevenson with balls”: Halberstam, David, The Best and the Brightest, p. 24.
never corrected Kennedy: author interview with Leslie H. Gelb.
“a profile in caution”: author interview with Allen Whiting.
“Jackie, we need the Bloody Marys”: Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr., A Thousand Days, pp. 479–480.
“but dreaming different dreams”: author interview with Bernard Fall.
“right wingers who had criticized”: author interview with George Elsey.
“with poor George’s marshmallow mind”: Brinkley, Douglas, Dean Acheson, p. 91
“the poor fellow who comes after me”: Sorensen, Theodore, Kennedy, p. 294.
“except as a practical need to be”: Geyelin, Philip, Lyndon Johnson and the World, p. 17.
“raggedy ass little fourth rate country”: Halberstam, David, The Best and the Brightest, p. 512.
“you can get along fine”: Ibid., p. 531.
“Right up my ass”: author interviews with Bill Moyers and George Reedy.
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