Moral courage is more a rare commodity than bravery in a battle or great intelligence.
John F. KennedyExpansion and modernization of the nation's productive plant is essential to accelerate economic growth and to improve the international competitive position of American industry An early stimulus to business investment will promote recovery and increase employment.
John F. KennedyIn our democracy every young person should have an equal opportunity to obtain a higher education, regardless of his station in life or financial means.
John F. KennedyFor while this year it may be a Catholic against whom the finger of suspicion is pointed, in other years it has been, and may someday be again, a Jew— or a Quaker or a Unitarian or a Baptist. It was Virginia's harassment of Baptist preachers, for example, that helped lead to Jefferson's statute of religious freedom. Today I may be the victim, but tomorrow it may be you — until the whole fabric of our harmonious society is ripped at a time of great national peril.
John F. Kennedy