John F. Kennedy Quotes
[Characterizing Richard M. Nixon:] ... not a man of quality and depth.
John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963, 35th President of the United States (Democrat, MA), Remark to Theodore Sorenson, Quoted on PBS, The Unauthorized Biography of Richard Nixon, March 9, 1989
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Nixon however turned out to be very dishonest with the Watergate scandal allowing the public to see and hear what Nixon was really like. He was the only American President who resigned, as he did that to save himself from being impeached and tried for various fenonies he committed. Vidal had his number. However, Nixon was not a crook in the usual sense of the word. His violations of law and ethics did not enrich him fiscally. His corruption was the drive and mania for power and control.
Nixon was the Republican Vice Presidential Nominee running with Dwight D. Eisenhower.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, often referred to by his initials JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. Kennedy served at the height of the Cold War, and the majority of his work as president concerned relations with the Soviet Union and Cuba. A Democrat, Kennedy represented Massachusetts in both houses of the U.S. Congress prior to becoming president.