Rose Kennedy Quotes


I don't think you're much good, unless you're doing good to someone.


Citations

Kennedy, Rose Fitzgerald. Times to Remember. Doubleday, 1974.

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This was a swipe at the Conservatives at the time who were opposed to a Federal Government that would actively provide assistance directly to individuals. There was a belief amongst some politicians that by assisting people in need, their character would be weakened and the people and the society would be hurt in the long run.


Rose Kennedy
Rose Kennedy
  • Born: July 22, 1890
  • Died: January 22, 1995
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Author

Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American philanthropist, socialite, and a member of the Kennedy family. She was deeply embedded in the "lace curtain" Irish Catholic community in Boston, where her father John F. Fitzgerald was mayor. Kennedy was the wife of businessman and investor Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., who was United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom, formally known as Ambassador to the Court of St. James's in the UK. Their nine children included President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and longtime Senator Ted Kennedy. In 1951 she was ennobled by Pope Pius XII, becoming the sixth American woman to be granted the rank of Papal countess.