Rights Quotes by John F. Kennedy

The Civil Rights movement should thank God for Bull Connor. He's helped it as much as Abraham Lincoln.

— John F. Kennedy

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

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

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

The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.

— John F. Kennedy

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

And is not peace, in the last analysis, basically a matter of human rights -- the right to live out our lives…

— John F. Kennedy

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

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

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

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

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

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

— John F. Kennedy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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