PRAISE FOR THE POWER OF CITIZENSHIP
Scott Reichs book delivers a message of service and citizenship that is as essential today as it was when president Kennedy first asked what we could do for our country. Using the lessons of history, he urges our generation to invest their time and talent in the world around them and to use the opportunities we have as citizens of this great nation to help make her stronger. At a time when it can be easy to focus on the differences that divide us, Scott makes a powerful and compelling case for the values that unite us.
REP. JOE KENNEDY III (D-MA)
Scott Reichs The Power of Citizenship is the best and most interesting book written on the Kennedy presidency in decades. It is also one of the most innovative and important presidential profiles Ive reada book which distills Kennedys appeal to its essence and presents Kennedy to a whole new generation of readers. But above all, The Power of Citizenship is one of the most moving books I have ever read on patriotism and citizenship, and the power of leadership to inspire both. This book will be read as a primer and a classic on the subjects it covers for many years to come.
DAVID EISENHOWER,
bestselling author of Eisenhower at War, 19431945
Democracies are no stronger than their citizenry. John F. Kennedys commitment to civic duty and public service is just as compelling today as it was during his lifetime. Scott Reich has thoughtfully conveyed President Kennedys inspiring and enduring legacy of commitment to our nation.
SENATOR SUSAN M. COLLINS (R-ME)
Scott Reich offers unique and compelling insights into JFKs focus on public service. Collectively, we must embrace President Kennedys message of good citizenship and work together to strengthen our countryespecially for the next generation.
GOVERNOR MARTIN OMALLEY (D-MD)
Scott Reich has produced a timely look back at the meaning of the Kennedy presidency and, even more importantly, the meaning of citizenship in our democracy. The Power of Citizenship is a challenge to all Americans.
RICHARD REEVES,
bestselling author of President Kennedy: Profile of Power
President Kennedys legacy inspired my generation to embrace the challenges and responsibilities of public service, whether here at home or around the globe. Scott Reichs book should move the next generation of American leaders to heed President Kennedys noble call to unite and achieve freedom for all.
SENATOR MARK UDALL (D-CO)
The Power of Citizenship is an antidote to the pervasive cynicism and rancor that marks much of todays politics. Scott Reich captures brilliantly how President Kennedy inspired Americansand others around the worldthat public service was a noble calling and one man, or woman, can make a difference. The Kennedy spirit, he writes, lives with countless citizens today who reject the politics of fear; there will be countless more upon reading this timely book.
ALBERT R. HUNT,
Chairman of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award Committee
Many of us of the Kennedy erathose of us touched by the way he mobilized American idealism, shaped by the words he spoke, charged by those words to shape a world he did not live to seehave struggled with how to explain to our children why the years 19611963 meant so much to us. Fortunately Scott Reich has found a way to explain the inexplicable. Im buying a copy for each of my daughters.
DAVID SHRIBMAN,
Executive Editor, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pulitzer Prize winner
The Power of Citizenship helps illuminate the legacy of President Kennedy and his administration. Reich points out that government service and serving the public interest were once noble undertakings that might be replicated once again. President Kennedys principles and priorities are as important todayperhaps even more importantas they were fifty years ago. This book is an important contribution to a timely discussion of the meaning and importance of the Kennedy years.
KENNETH R. FEINBERG,
Chairman of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundations Board of Directors
Half a century after his death, my uncle John F. Kennedy is a historical icon whose ideas can still teach us invaluable lessons about the nature of citizenship. Any American interested in civic responsibility and the qualities of true leadership can find powerful insights in JFKs wisdom. These insights are aptly portrayed in Scott Reichs The Power of Citizenship, a must-read for anyone interested in the importance of duty and citizenship in these turbulent times.
CHRISTOPHER KENNEDY LAWFORD,
bestselling author of Recover to Live
Reichs talent for capturing lessons from the past is matched here by his clarity of vision on how we can use those lessons to move our nation forward. He reminds his readers that we should ask ourselves anewwhat can we do for our country?
GOVERNOR JACK A. MARKELL (D-DE)
Scott Reich has written an incisive and timely account of the citizenship ideals espoused by John F. Kennedy. President Kennedys call to civic responsibility and public service resonated with Americans of all political stripes in the early 1960s, and is especially relevant today. Mr. Reich has done a service to a new generation of Americans to whom the torch of freedomof which JFK so eloquently spokeis now being passed. In 1963 someone looking back 50 years might have found historical inspiration in the legacies of Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. Today, half a century after its passing, we have the added benefit of revisiting a Presidency where Americans were called upon to ask what you can do for your country. That is the essence of American citizenship, and why JFK indeed matters to young Americans today.
FORMER SENATOR ALFONSE DAMATO (R-NY)
At a time when Americans have less faith in Washington to solve big problems, Scott Reichs book is a heartening reminder of President Kennedys ability to inspire Americans to achieve great goals, Not because they are easy, but because they are hard.
REP. STEVE ISRAEL (D-NY),
Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
A must-read for all concerned with the current political paralysis and partisan bickeringthis is a refreshing reminder of Americans unique devotion to civic responsibility and JFKs belief that every generation can improve our imperfect democracy by engaging in collective action for the common good. The future of our nation has been passed to the millennial generation, and this book was written for them: it inspires, informs, and calls for the new action we need.
ANTONIA HERNNDEZ,
President and CEO, California Community Foundation
A fresh look at JFK from a fresh voice of the new generation to which the torch is now being passed. Scott Reich has provided a fascinating and thoughtful perspective to those of us who were participants in the search for a New Frontier.
DAN H. FENN JR., Staff Assistant to President Kennedy, 19611963, and Founding Director, John F. Kennedy Library and Museum
Scott Reichs The Power of Citizenship is a powerful reminder that fifty years later, President Kennedy remains an inspiration to a new generation of Americans. Reich calls on us to carry forward President Kennedys legacy and overcome the challenges of our own time by meeting the responsibilities of citizenship.
ADAM FRANKEL,
Former speechwriter to President Barack Obama
Among one of our most highly respected Presidents, John F. Kennedy should be as familiar as Abraham Lincoln to every generation of Americans. Scott Reich has performed a critically important task which will benefit future generations. Upon reading
