Quotes By Caroline Kennedy

Change isn't easy, it takes time.

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.

I grew up in a household where reading was encouraged. My mother believed in the power of words, and my father obviously did too.

The biggest problem is people are afraid of poetry, think they can't understand it or that it will be boring.

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

I'm not as shy as everybody makes me out to be.

People don't always realize that my parents shared a sense of intellectual curiosity and a love of reading and of history.

I've been a Democrat all my life.

I think my mother... made it clear that you have to live life by your own terms and you have to not worry about what other people think and you have to have the courage to do the unexpected.

Now more than ever, I have learned that, when people die, they truly do live throughout those who love them.

Well, the role of money in politics is pretty corrupting right now.

Many people remember that spirit that President Kennedy summoned forth. Many people look to me as somebody who embodies that sense of possibility.

Well I've been writing books. So that, by its nature, is kind of a solitary occupation. And from time to time I have research help, but mostly I've done those completely on my own.

You have to remind kids to stay connected to the meaning of Christmas. Sometimes it takes a little bit of effort, but it's so worth it.

As much as we need a prosperous economy, we also need a prosperity of kindness and decency.

I grew up in New York, I love New York.

John and I were lucky because our mother was a strong woman with high expectations and a strong sense of values. She encouraged us to pursue things we were interested in and not think about what other people wanted us to do.

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