Pierre Salinger Quotes & Sayings

A lot of people criticize the primaries, but I think they are absolutely essential to the education of the President of the United States. — Pierre Salinger

The things that stand out are often the oddities. — Pierre Salinger

If Bush wins, I'm going to leave the country and spend the rest of my life in France. — Pierre Salinger

To outlive one's child is a terrible thing, but to do so because your child has taken his or her life is horrible. — Pierre Salinger

Whole generations have forgotten history. — Pierre Salinger

As much as I liked and admired the various members of the Kennedy family, my first loyalty was to Jackie. — Pierre Salinger

I was one of the first people to learn that Jackie was going to marry Aristotle Onassis. — Pierre Salinger

The Gulf War is responsible for the huge and horrifying rise in Islamic terrorism. — Pierre Salinger

I lost two of the greatest men I've ever known to assassination - and a son to suicide. — Pierre Salinger

A funny thing happened on the way to the election - I got to the Senate first. — Pierre Salinger

The French were mystified about the Watergate scandal. — Pierre Salinger

President Kennedy was a voracious reader and was forever coming up with fascinating bits of information. — Pierre Salinger

Believe me, as one who has seen a number of international crises firsthand, they cannot be handled without an understanding of history. — Pierre Salinger

I am not very introspective. — Pierre Salinger

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. — Pierre Salinger

American people simply will not countenance being lied to by their own President. — Pierre Salinger

Jackie Kennedy was magnificent in the days and weeks immediately following her husband's assassination. She was especially wonderful to me. — Pierre Salinger

I've had at least my share of tragedy, but I have had far more than my share of happiness. — Pierre Salinger

There have not been children of comparable youth in the White House since the Kennedy era. — Pierre Salinger

The death of JFK to the resignation of Richard Nixon marked a great turning point in American life. — Pierre Salinger

I had been in so many towns and cities in America with John Kennedy, but I was not with him in Dallas, Texas, on November 21, 1963. — Pierre Salinger

On several occasions President Kennedy encouraged me to take a lover, an obvious sign he also had some himself. — Pierre Salinger

One of the problems with a candidate like Bob Kennedy, and his brother before him, was that people assumed they didn't need contributions. — Pierre Salinger

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. — Pierre Salinger

I may be plucky, but I am not stupid. — Pierre Salinger

America Held Hostage won 24 Emmys for ABC News, but someone forgot to include my name on the list of people responsible for the show. — Pierre Salinger