Michael Beschloss famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Legacy is what a president does that affects later generations.
-- Michael Beschloss

#President #Generations #Legacy
We [the United States] are the world's only superpower right now, so everyone notices every bit of what we do or don't do.
-- Michael Beschloss

#World #United States #Superpower
As you look back in history, we [the United States] have done wonderful things, the Marshal Plan is the most obvious. After World War II, we spent billions of dollars to rebuild Europe or at least part of Europe after the devastation of World War II. We did it out of charity, but we also did it to keep the Russians from getting deeply into Europe.
-- Michael Beschloss

#War #Europe #Looks
To people who remember JFK's assassination, JFK Jr. will probably always be that boy saluting his father's coffin.
-- Michael Beschloss

#Father #Boys #History
First of all, there's no mention of political parties in the Constitution, so you begin American history with not only no political conventions but also no parties.
-- Michael Beschloss

#Party #Political #Firsts
So if 1960 had occurred under the old convention system, Kennedy would have had a very hard time getting the Democratic nomination because he would have been rejected by all those people who had worked with him in Washington.
-- Michael Beschloss

#Hard Times #People #Nominations
You have had presidential candidates over the last 30 years who would have had a very hard time getting nominated under the old system. One example is John Kennedy.
-- Michael Beschloss

#Hard Times #Years #Presidential
As parties began to develop around the turn of the 19th century, you had party nominees for President nominated in caucuses made up of party members in Congress.
-- Michael Beschloss

#Party #Aggravation #President
So the result was that as one approached a political convention for most of the 19th century and for most of the 20th century until the 1960's, part of the drama was the fact that you didn't know ultimately who was going to be the nominee at the end of that convention week.
-- Michael Beschloss

#Drama #Political #Facts
The Founding Fathers would be sorry to see that America had become so divided and factionalized.
-- Michael Beschloss

#Sorry #Father #America
The founders were very worried that if parties developed in America, you might have something like the modern Italian system, where you have 20 different parties that divide Congress and the country and can't govern.
-- Michael Beschloss

#Country #Party #Italian
Then you get to the last half of the 20th century, Americans are getting very skeptical about their leaders and their institutions, and another place that is affected is parties and conventions.
-- Michael Beschloss

#Party #Leader #Half

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