Roosevelt understands that there are things that are worth surrendering your career for, like defending the country against [Adolf] Hitler.

Roosevelt understands that there are things that are worth surrendering your career for, like defending the country against [Adolf] Hitler.

First of all, there's no mention of political parties in the Constitution, so you begin American history with not only no political conventions but also no parties.

You have had presidential candidates over the last 30 years who would have had a very hard time getting nominated under the old system. One example is John Kennedy.

You have to raise $100 million, probably, to be serious.

What if we had a culture that prevented these presidents from being courageous? And I worry now that we have a system that makes it very hard to choose people who would make the same courage choice as our great presidents. And I guess what I would say is, in this next campaign, take a look at the people who are running. If they don't remind you of the great presidents, do not vote for them.

To people who remember JFK's assassination, JFK Jr. will probably always be that boy saluting his father's coffin.