Martin W. Sandler > Quotes

“It is possible that our negotiators, who have earnestly tried to negotiate a realistic and effective test ban, have exhausted every avenue of agreement, but since I have neither taken part in the negotiations nor had personal reports from the negotiators, who are not representatives chosen by me, I lack personal assurance of the futility of further discussions which alone would persuade me to urge the abandonment of so high an objective.”
― Martin W. Sandler, The Letters of John F. Kennedy

“Nor should the basic elements of this program be imperiled by partisanship.”
― Martin W. Sandler, The Letters of John F. Kennedy

“Calling for an end to the cold war, he said that “in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we share this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children’s future. And we are all mortal.”
― Martin W. Sandler, The Letters of John F. Kennedy

“As you see, I started out by describing the delights of the Black Sea coast, but then I nevertheless turned to politics. But that cannot be helped. They say that you sometimes cast politics out through the door but it climbs back through the window, particularly when the windows are open. …”
― Martin W. Sandler, The Letters of John F. Kennedy

“But as Kennedy told the nation, a limited test ban was “safer by far for the United States than an unlimited nuclear arms race.”
― Martin W. Sandler, The Letters of John F. Kennedy

“The two most powerful nations had been squared off against each other,” Khrushchev stated, “each with its finger on the button.” “It is insane,” Kennedy said, “that two men sitting on opposite sides of the world should be able to decide to bring an end to civilization.”
― Martin W. Sandler, The Letters of John F. Kennedy

“Adventure, suspense, almost unimaginable heroics – these are just some of the ingredients of a story made even more remarkable because it really happened.”
― Martin W. Sandler, The Impossible Rescue: The True Story of an Amazing Arctic Adventure

“I am 11 year old and I wonder what My future and the future of 11 year old Russian boys will be? If you President Kennedy and you Mr Kruschev will try to be real friend Maybe the American boys and the Russian boys will in the year of 1999. If both of you are real friends it will mean life to all boys and girls. Please try to be friends and help the whole world. I save stamps so would you help me out by both signing these stamps [I sent you] and put the date on them and mail them to me. … I hope I can get you each to sign the stamps I sent to you and Mr. Kruschev. K for Kennedy and K for Kruschev and K for Kindness so Why not be real friends, Your friend,
George H. Garland”
― Martin W. Sandler, The Letters of John F. Kennedy

“there is much that you can do to protect yourself – and in doing so strengthen your nation.”
― Martin W. Sandler, The Letters of John F. Kennedy

“Lyndon Johnson delighting in telling a joke about Kennedy’s good fortune in having received a glowing medical report—from his pediatrician.”
― Martin W. Sandler, The Letters of John F. Kennedy

“The New Frontier of which I speak,” he told the delegates, “is not a set of promises—it is a set of challenges. It sums up not what I intend to offer the American people, but what I intend to ask of them.”
― Martin W. Sandler, The Letters of John F. Kennedy