Quotes about November 22

H. R. Haldeman

An investigation of the Kennedy assassination was a project I suggested when I first entered the White House [in 1969]. I had always been intrigued with the conflicting theories of the assassination. Now I felt we would be in a position to get all the facts. But Nixon turned me down.

There was no way of reopening the investigation into the assassination without the public finding out that the CIA and FBI both had deliberately misled the Warren Commission and the House Investigating Committee in the original investigation. Nixon and other politicians who likely knew of the scandal did not want the confidence of the public eroded in this important agencies, and that was probably his motivation for the turn down rather than trying to cover up facets about the assassination itself.

Kelly Masterson

The work I did on 'Killing Kennedy' was very meticulous and, in some ways, actually tedious. It was hard work because there is so much known about John F. Kennedy and Lee Harvey Oswald. To try to distill that into a clear narrative that's interesting and tells two great stories was a real challenge.

Charlie Pierce

The murder of John Kennedy in broad daylight in the streets of an American city remains, to me, an unsolved crime.

Paul Giamatti

I wanted to play Zapruder, as he is a man you really don't know much about: a faceless, anonymous figure.

Richard Belzer

The Kennedy assassination is one of the ghostliest parts of our history. The Kennedy family - that's our royalty. It's fascinating and tragic and just strikes to the heart of our country. Here's the youngest president ever, full of hope and promise, and he made government service seem like it was dignified.

George Smathers

The pilot came back and said he had just heard that Kennedy was shot.

Emo Philips

People always ask me, 'Where were you when Kennedy was shot?' Well, I don't have an alibi.

Philip Sheenan

Lee Harvey Oswald was under surveillance by the FBI for months before the assassination.

This was the reason that the FBI withheld information from the Warren Commission investigating JFK’s assassination. J. Edgar Hoover, the FBI Director was concerned that some people might conclude that the FBI bore some of the responsibility for the assassination for losing track of him. The CIA also withheld information to the commission to cover some of their misdeeds.

Hunter S. Thompson

I was 22 when JFK was murdered, and I will never recover from it... Never.

Emo Philips

You know, at parties, people always ask, 'Where were you when Kennedy was shot?' Well, I don't have an alibi!

November 22 Quotes