I feel that my fathers 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. – Caroline Kennedy
In my family in particular, I think, there was a sense we have to work twice as hard. – Caroline Kennedy
Education was the most important value in our home when I was growing up. People dont always realize that my parents shared a sense of intellectual curiosity and a love of reading and of history. – Caroline Kennedy
I never thought Id be doing poetry books. I never really studied poetry. But the first one I did was after my mother died, and I realized that people sort of think and talk about her style and fashion, but in fact, what made her the person she was was really her love of reading and ideas. – Caroline Kennedy