“As First Lady, Jackie Kennedy was not politically active on the model of Eleanor Roosevelt or Hillary Rodham Clinton. However, I dare say that she served the country more intensely and profoundly than any First Lady in history. She did so in the course of those dark days in November. At a time of unspeakable personal loss, when we should have been supporting and steadying her, it was she who supported and steadied us. It was a veiled and valiant Jackie Kennedy who supported and steadied an entire nation. For that act of sustained courage and fortitude, our beloved former First Lady will be remembered and honored for centuries to come.”