I see little more important to the future of our country and our civilization than the full recognition of the place of the artist.

I will splinter the CIA into a thousand pieces and scatter it into the winds.

We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values.

What church I go to on Sunday, what dogma of the Catholic Church I believe in, is my business; and whatever faith any other American has is his business.

The guiding principle of this Nation has been, is now, and ever shall be IN GOD WE TRUST.

Voters are more than Catholics, Protestants or Jews. They make up their minds for many diverse reasons, good and bad. To submit the candidates to a religious test is unfair enough - to apply it to the voters is divisive, degrading and wholly unwarranted.

[War] can no longer be of concern to great powers alone.