The gusto of one, the indignation of the other; the challenge of the one party, the response of the other; the eloquence and the comedy, the passion and the issues were ours no other country can provide them.

With the end of the nominating process, American politics leaves logic behind.

With electricity we were wired into a new world, for electricity brought the radio, a "crystal set" [and] with enough ingenuity, one could tickle the crystal with a cat's whisker and pick up anything.

When the bus or the plane rolled or flew through the night, they sang songs of their own composition about Mr Nixon and the Republicans in chorus with the Kennedy staff and felt that they, too, were marching like soldiers of the Lord to the New Frontier.

Whether a man is burdened by power or enjoys power; whether he is trapped by responsibility or made free by it; whether he is moved by other people and outer forces or moves them -- this is of the essence of leadership.