Finally, I believe in an America where religious intolerance will someday end; where all men and all churches are treated as equal; where every man has the same right to attend or not attend the church of his choice; where there is no Catholic vote, no anti-Catholic vote, no bloc voting of any kind; and where Catholics, Protestants and Jews, at both the lay and pastoral level, will refrain from those attitudes of disdain and division which have so often marred their works in the past, and promote instead the American ideal of brotherhood.

Now we have a problem in making our power credible, and Vietnam is the place.

We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us through that darkness to a safe and sane future.

No one has been barred on account of his race from fighting or dying for America, there are no white or colored signs on the foxholes or graveyards of battle.

What's the use of being Irish if the world doesn't break your heart?

Most cities are nouns. New York's a verb.

If I had to live my life over again, I would have a different father, a different wife and a different religion.