Pierre Salinger
Pierre Salinger
Pierre Emil George Salingerwas a White House Press Secretary to U.S. Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Salinger served as a United States Senator in 1964 and was campaign manager for the Robert F. Kennedy presidential campaign...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth14 June 1925
CitySan Francisco, CA
CountryUnited States of America
Pierre Salinger quotes about
brother people needs
One of the problems with a candidate like Bob Kennedy, and his brother before him, was that people assumed they didn't need contributions.
husband wonderful week
Jackie Kennedy was magnificent in the days and weeks immediately following her husband's assassination. She was especially wonderful to me.
introspective
I am not very introspective.
son emotional ostriches
I do not wear my emotions on my sleeve. I was once described by my own son Stephen as an emotional ostrich.
generations forgotten whole
Whole generations have forgotten history.
sleep night men
Onassis was a man who loved to walk, to walk and talk, and he was the kind of man who doesn't go to sleep at night-he talks and talks.
alaska president lovers
On several occasions President Kennedy encouraged me to take a lover, an obvious sign he also had some himself.
believe numbers understanding
Believe me, as one who has seen a number of international crises firsthand, they cannot be handled without an understanding of history.
country winning france
If Bush wins, I'm going to leave the country and spend the rest of my life in France.
america president different
The day I became press secretary to the President of the United States, I was in an entirely different world from the one I'd been in the day before.
happiness tragedy share
I've had at least my share of tragedy, but I have had far more than my share of happiness.
running differences president
He's the president of the United States. He's got to work 14 to 16 hours a day, run foreign and domestic policy. If he's got time for mistresses after all that, what the hell difference does it make?
war islamic terrorism
The Gulf War is responsible for the huge and horrifying rise in Islamic terrorism.
thinking people president
A lot of people criticize the primaries, but I think they are absolutely essential to the education of the President of the United States.