“Whole generations have forgotten history.” — Pierre Salinger Quote

“Whole generations have forgotten history.”

“To outlive one's child is a terrible thing, but to do so because your child has taken his or her life is horrible.”

“A lot of people criticize the primaries, but I think they are absolutely essential to the education of the President of the United States.”

“President Kennedy was a voracious reader and was forever coming up with fascinating bits of information.”

“One of the problems with a candidate like Bob Kennedy, and his brother before him, was that people assumed they didn't need contributions.”

“There have not been children of comparable youth in the White House since the Kennedy era.”

“For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself.”

“No one anticipates divorce when they're exchanging vows, and it can be devastating emotionally and financially. To ease the financial side of the blow, you need to maintain your financial identity in your relationship. That means having your own credit history - you need your own credit card - and your own savings and retirement accounts.”

“The history of Rome presents various men of greater genius than Scipio Aemilianus, but none equalling him in moral purity, in the utter absence of political selfishness, in generous love of his country, and none, perhaps, to whom destiny has assigned a more tragic part.”

“I think really, China, Chinese, I think they really have a long history of civilization, rich culture.”

“All the gossip and craziness becomes a kind of sustained narrative which, in turn, can become history. It's scary.”