America Quotes by John F. Kennedy

America has tossed its cap over the wall of space.

— John F. Kennedy

I look forward to an America which will not be afraid of grace and beauty.

— John F. Kennedy

No one has been barred on account of his race from fighting or dying for America, there are no white or colored…

— John F. Kennedy

I believe in an America ... where no public official either requests or accepts instructions on public policy from the Pope, the…

— John F. Kennedy

The New Frontier of which I speak is not a set of promises, it is a set of challenges. It sums up…

— John F. Kennedy

The United States of America has no intention of finishing second in space. This effort is expensive-but it pays its way for…

— John F. Kennedy

This knowledge, the knowledge that the physical well-being of the citizen is an important foundation for all of the activities of the…

— John F. Kennedy

I believe in an America that is officially neither Catholic, Protestant, or Jewish - where religious liberty is so indivisible that an…

— John F. Kennedy

I believe in an America where religious intolerance will someday end... where every man has the same right to attend or not…

— John F. Kennedy

I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with…

— John F. Kennedy

Blight has descended on our regulatory agencies - and a dry rot, beginning in Washington, is seeping into every corner of America…

— John F. Kennedy

...the physical fitness of our citizens is a vital prerequisite to America's realization of its full potential as a nation, and to…

— John F. Kennedy

This knowledge, the knowledge that the physical well-being of the citizen is an important foundation for all of the activities of the…

— John F. Kennedy

The world knows that America will never start a war. This generation of Americans has had enough of war and hate... we…

— John F. Kennedy

To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44 would have kept Jefferson from writing the…

— John F. Kennedy

I believe in an America where the rights that I have described are enjoyed by all, regardless of their race or their…

— John F. Kennedy

But because I am a Catholic, and no Catholic has ever been elected president, the real issues in this campaign have been…

— John F. Kennedy

A nation can be no stronger abroad than she is at home. Only an America which practices what it preaches about equal…

— John F. Kennedy

That is the kind of America in which I believe. And it represents the kind of Presidency in which I believe -…

— John F. Kennedy

It should be clear by now that a nation can be no stronger abroad than she is at home. Only an America…

— John F. Kennedy

“Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to…

— John F. Kennedy

The Kennedy Administration's public pronouncements on the matter suggested that the presence of Soviet nuclear missiles in Castro's Cuba would represent an…

— John F. Kennedy

I believe in an America that is on the march - an America respected by all nations, friends and foes alike -…

— John F. Kennedy

Finally, I believe in an America where religious intolerance will someday end; where all men and all churches are treated as equal;…

— John F. Kennedy

“I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute; where no Catholic prelate would tell the President…

— John F. Kennedy

I believe in an America that is officially neither Catholic, Protestant nor Jewish; where no public official either requests or accepts instructions…

— John F. Kennedy

“Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners. And necessity has made us allies. Those…

— John F. Kennedy

I look forward to an America which will not be afraid of grace and beauty...an America which will reward achievement in the…

— John F. Kennedy

In America there must be only citizens, not divided by grade, first and second, but citizens, east, west, north, and south.

— John F. Kennedy

The American Labor Movement has consistently demonstrated its devotion to the public interest. It is, and has been, good for all America.

— John F. Kennedy

No American is ever made better off by pulling a fellow American down, and all of us are made better off whenever…

— John F. Kennedy

Every American ought to have the right to be treated as he would wish to be treated, as one would wish his…

— John F. Kennedy

If we fail to encourage physical development and prowess, we will undermine our capcity for thought, for work, and for use of…

— John F. Kennedy

We must live our lives in such a way that our children, and their children after them, will form a natural and…

— John F. Kennedy

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

— John F. Kennedy

I look forward to an America which will not be afraid of grace and beauty, which will protect the beauty of our…

— John F. Kennedy

“The interaction of disparate cultures, the vehemence of the ideals that led the immigrants here, the opportunity offered by a new life,…

— John F. Kennedy

And a revolution of automation finds machines replacing men in the mines and mills of America, without replacing their incomes or their…

— John F. Kennedy

And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your…

— John F. Kennedy

I look forward to an america in which commands respect throughout the world, not only for its strength, but for its civilization…

— John F. Kennedy