"They certainly had a lot in common, these children of very famous families, accustomed all their lives to being on stage. Both were good-looking, intelligent, clean-cut, intense, conservative—none of the sixties rebelliousness for these two. They were the kind of kids every Republican would like to have for children." Stephen E. Ambrose, historian and author of Nixon: The Triumph of a Politician 1962-1972 (1989)