This is a sad time for all people. We have suffered a loss that cannot be weighed. For me, it is a deep personal tragedy. I know that the world shares the sorrow that Mrs. Kennedy and her family bear. I will do my best. That is all I can do. I ask for your help and God’s.
–Then Vice-President Lyndon Johnson on November 22, 1963 speaking of the death of John F. Kennedy. These 58 words were drafter by Liz Carpenter, an aide to the Vice President at the time