Robert F. Kennedy

"I thought theyd get one of us, but Jack, after all hed been through, never worried about it.... I thought it would be me."

"The problem of power is how to achieve its responsible use rather than its irresponsible and indulgent use — of how to get men of power to live for the public rather than off the public."

"My favorite poet was Aeschylus. He wrote: "In our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God."

"We had the impression that Bobby was simply Jacks ruffian. Jack could sit above it. Bobby was the one who wanted action. There was an intense dislike in CIA for Bobby."

"Every four years, weve been bitterly frustrated by the failure of our candidates for the White House to live up to RFKs standards. Now that I am much older, I realize what I should have known in 1968 -- that Robert Kennedy was irreplaceable."

"A child playing in a Dresden china shop."