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“President Kennedy’s eloquence was designed to make men think; President Johnson’s hammer blows are designed to make men act.”
Robert A. Caro • The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson IV
Hobson’s choice.
Jean Edward Smith • Eisenhower in War and Peace
King despaired. After nearly three years, his relationship with President Kennedy had run out of room. Although the movement needed federal intervention more than ever, realism told King he could not pressure President Kennedy an inch further. Brooding, he took the young Justice Department lawyer Thelton Henderson privately aside. “I’m concerned ab
... See moreTaylor Branch • Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years 1963-65
discomfiture.
Jean Edward Smith • Eisenhower in War and Peace
execrable