John Fitzgerald Kennedy Quotes

I believe in an America where the separation of Church and State is absolute – where no Catholic prelate would tell the President (should he be a Catholic) how to act, and no Protestant minister would tell his parishioners for whom to vote – where no church or church school is granted any public funds […]

Our children and grandchildren are not merely statistics towards which we can be indifferent.

Children are the world’s most valuable resource and its best hope for the future.

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

The one unchangeable certainty is that nothing is certain or unchangeable.

I am deeply touched – not as deeply touched as you have been coming to this dinner, but nevertheless it is a sentimental occasion.

My father always told me that all businessmen were sons of bitches, but I never believed it till now. (Comments on price increases proposed by U.S. Steel)

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty.

Now the trumpet summons us again – not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need – not as a call to battle, though embattled we are – but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle year in and year out, rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation.

For those to whom much is given, much is required.