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His enemies said he [Robert Kennedy] was consumed with selfish ambition, a ruthless opportunist exploiting his brother's legend. But he was too passionate and too vulnerable ever to be the cool and confident operator

His enemies said he [Robert Kennedy] was consumed with selfish ambition, a ruthless opportunist exploiting his brother's legend. But he was too passionate and too vulnerable ever to be the cool and confident operator his brother was.

Jack Newfield
Brother, Selfish, Ambition
Jack Newfield (1969). “Robert Kennedy: a memoir”

Robert Kennedy identified with people, not data, or institutions, or theories. Poverty was a specific black face for him, not a manila folder full of statistics.

Jack Newfield
Adversity, Data, People
Jack Newfield (2009). “RFK: A Memoir”, p.48, Nation Books

All his life he [Robert Kennedy] had been schooled that nothing was worse than to finish second. But crushing fears are no longer so crushing once they are experienced.

Jack Newfield
Crush, Schooled

I don't fight for nobody else because Don King has made me money. Yet I hear people saying Don King is exploiting me. I made $15.5 million with Don. How would you like to be exploited and make $15.5 million?

Jack Newfield
Kings, Fighting, People

But they were as different as fire and ice. Robert Kennedy thought Eugene McCarthy was pompous, petty, and venal. McCarthy thought Kennedy was a spoiled, unintelligent demagogue.

Jack Newfield
Fire, Ice, Different

It [his brothers assassination] made Robert Kennedy, a man unprepared for introspection, think for the first time in his life, what he wanted to do, and what he stood for.

Jack Newfield
Brother, Men, Thinking
Jack Newfield (2009). “RFK: A Memoir”, p.29, Nation Books

I make more money with Don King stealing from me than 100 percent from other promoters.

Jack Newfield
Kings, Boxing, Stealing

He knows which fighters to steal, how to exploit anyone's vice, vanity or insecurity and make a profit for himself.

Jack Newfield
Vanity, Boxing, Insecurity

Comprehensive, judicious, evenhanded, original. An Unfinished Life has the sober judgment and nuanced accuracy that make it ring true in all the controversial and tricky parts.

Jack Newfield
Sober, Judgment, Controversial

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