We stand for freedom. That is our conviction for ourselves; that is our only commitment to others.
John F. KennedyThe torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans, born in this century... unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today.
John F. KennedyThose who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
John F. KennedyIt is time for a new generation of leadership, to cope with new problems and new opportunities. For there is a new world to be won.
John F. KennedyI believe the American people are more concerned with a man's views and abilities than with the church to which he belongs. I believe the founding fathers meant it when they provided in Article VI of the Constitution that there should be no religious test for public office. And I believe that the American people mean to adhere to those principles today.
John F. Kennedy