Quotes By Caroline Kennedy

There's so much to think about when you're becoming an adult, and there's so many great poems about that apprehension and excitement.

I've raised three kids. I'm a lawyer. I've written books on the Constitution.

There are many ways to serve.

Growing up in politics I know that women decide all elections because we do all the work.

Poetry is really a way of sharing feelings and ideas.

I don't remember my father reading to me, but I remember him telling me bedtime stories. I got to pick what was in them, and then he'd make them up.

I have a lifelong devotion to public service.

Education was the most important value in our home when I was growing up. People don't always realize that my parents shared a sense of intellectual curiosity and a love of reading and of history.

Sharing the holiday with other people, and feeling that you're giving of yourself, gets you past all the commercialism.

I may, and I think I represent a tradition that means a lot to me, which has really always been about fighting for others, for middle-class families, for working class - for working people, you know, and that's a tradition and a commitment that I take very seriously.

I feel like my grandparents and parents gave me a tremendous amount. And if I can pass some of that on, then I'll be very happy.

Going into politics is something people have asked me about forever.

I feel that my father's greatest legacy was the people he inspired to get involved in public service and their communities, to join the Peace Corps, to go into space. And really that generation transformed this country in civil rights, social justice, the economy and everything.

In my family in particular, I think, there was a sense we have to work twice as hard.

I think that the presidency really brings out the best in a lot of people.

Most of the books that I've written have been focused on, sort of, the individual, and sort of, either a voice, a personal voice, or a kind of transforming event where they step forward to fight for something they value.

The bedrock of our democracy is the rule of law and that means we have to have an independent judiciary, judges who can make decisions independent of the political winds that are blowing.

It's true, Christmas can feel like a lot of work, particularly for mothers. But when you look back on all the Christmases in your life, you'll find you've created family traditions and lasting memories. Those memories, good and bad, are really what help to keep a family together over the long haul.

When you're going through something, whether it's a wonderful thing like having a child or a sad thing like losing somebody, you often feel like 'Oh my God, I'm so overwhelmed; I'm dealing with this huge thing on my own.' In fact, poetry's a nice reminder that, no, everybody goes through it. These are universal experiences.

I can see both sides of term limits, and I think, in different positions, term limits make more sense than in some others.