The Civil Rights movement should thank God for Bull Connor. He's helped it as much as Abraham Lincoln. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I want every American to be free to stand up for his rights, even if sometimes he has to sit down for… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Our privileges can be no greater than our obligations. The protection of our rights can endure no longer than the performance of… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I am not so much concerned with the right of everyone to say anything he pleases as I am about our need… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Word to the Nation: Guard zealously your right to serve in the Armed Forces, for without them, there will be no other… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
And is not peace, in the last analysis, basically a matter of human rights -- the right to live out our lives… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans, born in this century... unwilling to witness or permit the slow… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
We are confronted primarily with a moral issue... whether all Americans are to be afforded equal rights and equal opportunities, whether we… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life.… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
If by a "Liberal," they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I believe in an America that is on the march - an America respected by all nations, friends and foes alike -… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
This nation was founded by men of many nations and backgrounds. It was founded on the principle that all men are created… — 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… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I do ask every publisher, every editor, and every newsman in the nation to reexamine his own standards, and to recognize the… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Collective bargaining has always been the bedrock of the American labor movement. I hope that you will continue to anchor your movement… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
We set sail on this new sea because there is new knowledge to be gained, and new rights to be won, and… — 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… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
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
