Kennedy Quotes
342 Kennedy quotes by 254 unique authors
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I think all of us thought that by the '70s, at the latest the '80s, all the world's problems would be solved and everyone would…
— Janis Ian
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In college, I won the Irene Ryan; it's kind of like a collegiate Tony, which got my career going. I was honored. I won a…
— Zachary Knighton
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Part of what's unique about climate change, though, is the nature of some of the opposition to action. It's pretty rare that you'll encounter somebody…
— Barack Obama
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It’s hard to deny that an alarming number of those who stood for peace, not war, were either killed by deranged lone gunmen or else…
— James Morcan
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Really, an historic night last night. You may have heard, Barack Obama will be the first black president of the United States of America. ...…
— Jon Stewart
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John F. Kennedy:] Above all, while defending our own vital interests, nuclear powers must avert those confrontations which bring down an adversary to the choice…
— Elie Abel
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The one appearance that I made for President Kennedy, he, as I understand, had his choice or was asked to make a list of the…
— Julie London
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This is more dangerous than double dating with Danny Bonaduce on the Kennedy compound.
— Paul Heyman
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I guess the worst snow was the Kennedy inauguration in 1960. Heavy snow.
— Bob Schieffer
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To know John Kennedy, as I did, was to understand the true meaning of the word. He understood that courage is not something to be…
— Gerald R. Ford
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John F. Kennedy, who seized the White House from Richard Nixon in a frenzied campaign that turned a whole generation of young Americans into political…
— Hunter S. Thompson
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Harvard's Kennedy School of Government asked me to serve as a fellow at its Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy. After my…
— Al Franken
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The CIA could not face up to the American people and admit that its former employees had conspired to assassinate the President; so from the…
— Jim Garrison
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In early 1961 a new president, John F. Kennedy, was told by military leaders and civilian officials that the Kingdom of Laos - of no…
— Jeff Greenfield
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Until Eleanor Roosevelt, there was only one or two First Ladies in all of American history who made an impact, who people could even have…
— Gail Collins
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I think there are good men and women in all decades. We've grown cynical. And look at what we do to all our heroes: Churchill,…
— Kevin Costner
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In America, politicians do whatever to get re-elected, and a lot of decisions that were being made at that time by Kennedy were certain not…
— Kevin Costner
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President Kennedy was willing to go to war. He was not a coward. The man had been in war and so had Ken O'Donnell. He…
— Kevin Costner
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The fact that a Republican is in the late Senator Kennedy's old seat probably must have him rolling in his grave, probably spilling his drink.
— Ann Coulter
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I believed in Bobby Kennedy. Campaigning for him was an attempt to give back something to this country that has given me so much.
— Sammy Davis, Jr.
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It's funny that there was so much disturbance about having a Catholic in the White House with Kennedy, and when we finally get a religion…
— Roger Ebert
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Our true remembrance to President Kennedy is in our actions to honor the unspoken words and finish the unfinished work today and tomorrow and for…
— Marian Wright Edelman
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So much of the deep lingering sadness over President Kennedy's assassination is about the unfinished promise: unspoken speeches, unfulfilled hopes, the wondering about what might…
— Marian Wright Edelman
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When President Kennedy was elected, many black Americans, like so many Americans, were captivated by his youth and energy and promise and were especially hopeful…
— Marian Wright Edelman
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I took Bobby Kennedy through the delta and he cried like a baby.
— Charles Evers
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