Disappointment Quotes
In 1961 the President intervened in a labor dispute in the steel industry with the "understanding" that the steel companies would not raise their prices after the settlement. As soon as there was a settlement prices were raised:. The President "persuaded" the steel executives to rescind the increases.
Kennedy and Nixon served in the House together, and occasionally members would contribute to the campaigns of friends of the opposite party. There was, in those days, more comity between the parties.
He had been in exile in Europe and arrived in Russia and observed the chaos, poverty, and the heavy hand of the Lenin’s Communist Party. When the Communist leaders were criticized for their harsh, dictatorial methods, many would use the cliché that if you want to make an omlette, you have to break some eggs.
