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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Quotes

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“I was always a liability to him, everyone thought I was a snob from Newport who had bouffant hair and had French clothes and hated politics. And he'd get so upset for me when something like that came out. And I'd say, 'Oh, Jack, I wish...I'm so sorry for you that I'm just such a dud.' He knew I loved him and I did everything I could.”
— Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis,
Tagged: Jack and Jackie, Jackie Kennedy, First Ladies
“It's funny, I used to worry about going into the White House, will it be a goldfish bowl with Secret Service, I'll never see my husband. I spent so much time worrying, would it ruin our marriage to get in the White House?”
— Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis,
Tagged: Jack and Jackie, Jackie Kennedy, First Ladies
“And I caught up to him [John F. Kennedy] in the capitol and, oh, I was just so proud of him. And there's a picture where I have my hand on his chin and, you know, he's just looking at me and there really were tears in his eyes. And suddenly a flash came, cos I didn't think there was anyone there, and then the papers had said 'Wife Chucks Him Under Chin.' I mean that was so much more emotional than any kiss. Because his eyes really did fill with tears. Just saying, 'Oh, Jack' you know, 'What a day.'”
— Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis,
Tagged: JFK, Presidential Inauguration, Jack and Jackie, Jackie Kennedy, tenderness
“So many people hit the White House with their Dictaphone running. I never even kept a journal. I thought, ‘I want to live my life, not record it.’”
— Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Nunn Center Oral History Interview with Jackie Kennedy
Tagged: Living life, Elusive, First Ladies, Social Media
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