I do not speak for my church on public matters; and the church does not speak for me. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
What church I go to on Sunday, what dogma of the Catholic Church I believe in, is my business; and whatever faith… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute - where no Catholic prelate would tell the… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
If my church attempted to influence me in a way which was improper or which affected adversely my responsibilities as a public… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Whatever one's religion in his private life may be, for the officeholder, nothing takes precedence over his oath to uphold the Constitution… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
We do not want an official state church. If ninety-nine percent of the population were Catholics, I would still be opposed to… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I believe in an America that is officially neither Catholic, Protestant, or Jewish - where religious liberty is so indivisible that an… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I am the Democratic Party's candidate for president who happens also to be a Catholic. I do not speak for my church… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I believe in an America ... where no public official either requests or accepts instructions on public policy from the Pope, the… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I believe the American people are more concerned with a man's views and abilities than with the church to which he belongs.… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“We shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and success of… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
We stand today on the edge of a new frontier - the frontier of the 1960's - a frontier of unknown opportunities and perils… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
We will neglect our cities to our peril, for in neglecting them we neglect the nation. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
We must recognize that every nation determines its policies in terms of its own interests. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Someone always needs rescuing, yet there's only one person who ever seems to understand you. It's a lot like being Lassie. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Student loans have been helpful to many. But they offer neither incentive nor assistance to those students who, by reason of family or other… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
There comes a point where you see no evidence that the carrot and diplomacy are working. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Suspicion on one side breeds suspicion on the other, and new weapons beget counter-weapons. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
We have some of the most influential Members of Congress here today, and I do hope that we can get this appropriation for these day-care centers, which seems to me to be money very wisely spent, and also under consideration of the tax bill, that we can consider the needs of the working mothers, and both of these will be… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share
Disarmament without checks is but a shadow - and a community without law is but a shell. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
This is one country. It has become one country because all of us and all the people who came here had an equal chance… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
