Joseph Alsop Quotes


A Stevenson with balls


Context

Adlai Stevenson's dovish foreign policy views were not appreciated by some hawks. When John F. Kennedy appeared on the national political scene there were some derogatory comparisons.


Citations

Joseph Alsop, 1910-1989, Political Columnist, Quoted in Halberstam, The Best and the Brightest, Fawcett, 1969

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Joseph Alsop
Joseph Alsop
  • Born: October 10, 1910
  • Died: August 28, 1989
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Journalist, Columnist

Joseph Wright Alsop V was an American journalist and syndicated newspaper columnist from the 1930s through the 1970s. He was an influential journalist and top insider in Washington from 1945 to the late 1960s, often in conjunction with his brother Stewart Alsop.