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Robert Dallek

American Historian

Born: May 16, 1934

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For those of us who cry out for gun control, our fears cannot be eliminated as long as the country remains an armed camp in which the most troubled among us can find ways to appropriate one of the easily available weapons in all our communities. Robert Dallek

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Don't be intimidated by people who seem to be experts. Hear their points of view and get their judgements. But at the end of day, you've got to make a judgement because it's not their life that's going to be affected so much as your future. Robert Dallek

There is a line between scurrilous nonsense and serious discussion that laps over, especially in this day and age when you've got all this electronic media and these blogs and this kind of fanatical impulse to bring down the opposing candidate. Robert Dallek

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George Washington sets the nation on its democratic path. Abraham Lincoln preserves it. Franklin Roosevelt sees the nation through depression and war. Robert Dallek

Depression War Path Nation Sets Preserves Franklin Franklin Roosevelt Abraham Abraham Lincoln Sees Through Democratic Lincoln George George Washington Roosevelt Washington

When Johnson decided to fight for passage of the law John F. Kennedy had put before Congress in June 1963 banning segregation in places of public accommodation, he believed he was taking considerable political risks. Robert Dallek

Risks Fight Law Political Before Congress Considerable John John F. Kennedy Segregation Johnson Had He Put Taking Passage Accommodation June Banning Decided Places Public Believed Kennedy

As someone who has more than a passing acquaintance with most of the 20th century presidents, I have often thought that their accomplishments have little staying power in shaping popular views of their leadership. Robert Dallek

What did in the Soviet Union was the Soviet Union. Robert Dallek

Did Soviet Soviet Union Union

During Grover Cleveland's second term, in the 1890s, the White House deceived the public by dismissing allegations that surgeons had removed a cancerous growth from the President's mouth; a vulcanized-rubber prosthesis disguised the absence of much of Cleveland's upper left jaw and part of his palate. Robert Dallek

Mouth Deceived White White House President Allegations Absence Had Part Term House Cleveland His Left Upper Disguised Public Much Jaw Palate Growth Second Second Term

Once the public loses confidence in a president's leadership at a time of war, once they don't trust him anymore, once his credibility is sharply diminished, how does he get it back? Robert Dallek

Congress becomes the public voice of opposition. Robert Dallek

Congress Voice Becomes Opposition Public

There are limits on what a president can achieve or do, but the expectations are so great. Robert Dallek

Great Achieve President Limits Expectations

A presidential candidate's great desire is to be seen as pragmatic, and they hope their maneuvering and shifting will be seen in pursuit of some higher purpose. It doesn't mean they are utterly insincere. Robert Dallek

Hope Great Will Seen Shifting Presidential Some Insincere Purpose Higher Pursuit Pragmatic Candidate Mean Utterly Desire

Eisenhower was quite supportive of Kennedy and Johnson in terms of foreign policy. Robert Dallek

Johnson Supportive Terms Policy Foreign Foreign Policy Quite Eisenhower Kennedy

At the end of their first years, there are few people who would have predicted that Truman would be elected in 1948 or that Reagan would get a second term. It's always premature to make some kind of categorical judgment after the first year in office. Robert Dallek

People First Judgment Year Few Kind Would Would-Be Some Categorical Term Make Always Reagan Years Truman End Office Get Few People After Predicted Elected Premature Who Second Second Term

How many State of the Union addresses do people remember? They don't resonate that way. Robert Dallek

People Remember Resonate State Address Way How Union Many

The institution of the presidency was profoundly affected by Watergate. Robert Dallek

Watergate Presidency Institution Affected Profoundly

At the start of first terms, presidents invariably have a measure of goodwill. Robert Dallek

First Presidents Invariably Goodwill Terms Measure Start

There's a certain clubbiness to the idea that you're an ex-president. You're no longer a politician. You're a statesman. Robert Dallek

You Politician Statesman Idea Longer Certain

At the end of the day, Americans are not so keen on ideologues, people who have such fixed positions that they can't see any virtue in the other side's point of view. Robert Dallek

Day People End Of The Day Positions Other Side Virtue See Point Point Of View Ideologues End Fixed American Any View Who Keen

Richard Nixon had a kind of Walter Mitty fantasy life. He was a man with a grandiose thoughts: dreams of not simply being president but maybe becoming one of the truly great presidents of American history. Robert Dallek

Life Dreams Great Thoughts History Man Richard Nixon President Presidents Nixon Kind Had He Simply Becoming Truly American Maybe Being American History Fantasy Grandiose Richard

Presidents need to be critically studied and analyzed. Robert Dallek

Analyzed Presidents Critically Studied Need

John F. Kennedy went to bed at 3:30 in the morning on November 9, 1960, uncertain whether he had defeated Richard Nixon for the presidency. He thought he had won, but six states hung in the balance, and after months of exhaustive campaigning, he was too tired to stay awake any longer. Robert Dallek

Morning Tired Balance November Thought Richard Nixon Too Presidency Months States Hung Nixon Stay John John F. Kennedy Uncertain Had He Longer Bed Exhaustive Campaigning Won Any Six After Whether Richard Awake Defeated Kennedy

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