Robert Kennedy Quotes


Kick him in the balls!


Context

Nixon was a very aggressive campaigner, with a great flair for smearing opponents. Kennedy had been an intellectual, Ivy League gentlemen type and his brother, his campaign manager, wanted JFK to get down in the mud with Nixon. He was more assertive than usual and didn’t back down, but he did not go for the low blows that had been readied for him.


Citations

Robert F. Kennedy, 1925-1968, U.S. Senator (Democrat, NY), U.S. Attorney General, Last words of advice for his brother, John, the moment before his Presidential campaign debate with Richard M. Nixon, 1960

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Robert Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
  • Born: November 20, 1925
  • Died: June 6, 1968
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Politician

Robert Francis Kennedy, also referred to by his initials RFK or by the nickname Bobby, was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 64th United States Attorney General from January 1961 to September 1964, and as a U.S. Senator from New York from January 1965 until his assassination in June 1968. He was, like his brothers John and Edward, a prominent member of the Democratic Party and has come to be viewed by some historians as an icon of modern American liberalism.