He's the president of the United States. He's got to work 14 to 16 hours a day, run foreign and domestic policy. If he's got time for mistresses after all that, what the hell difference does it make?

I may be plucky, but I am not stupid.

To outlive one's child is a terrible thing, but to do so because your child has taken his or her life is horrible.

On several occasions President Kennedy encouraged me to take a lover, an obvious sign he also had some himself.

A lot of people criticize the primaries, but I think they are absolutely essential to the education of the President of the United States.

He's the president of the United States. He's got to work 14 to 16 hours a day, run foreign and domestic policy. If he's got time for mistresses after all that, what the hell difference does it make?

I lost two of the greatest men I've ever known to assassination - and a son to suicide.