The Republican nominee-to-be, of course, is also a young man. But his approach is as old as McKinley. His party is the party of the past. His speeches are generalities from Poor Richard's Almanac. Their platform, made up of left-over Democratic planks, has the courage of our old convictions. Their pledge is a pledge to the status quo-and today there can be no status quo.
John F. KennedyOnly in the case of the Negro has the melting pot failed to bring a minority into the full stream of American life.
John F. KennedyShow me a man with a great golf game, and I’ll show you a man who has been neglecting something.
John F. KennedyWhat 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.
John F. Kennedy