Norman Vincent Peale Quote by James T. Patterson

The fact that President-elect Kennedy would be the first Catholic president did not sit well with many Americans. There was a fear that, as…

— Clint Hill

Kennedy believed in religious liberty and the separation of church and state. He did not believe in the right of elected officials to impose…

— Jack Schlossberg

So, in Kennedy's case, he was a Catholic. And people thought after the Al Smith election and so forth that a Catholic couldn't win…

— Geoffrey Cowan

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…

— Roger Ebert

“Senator Kennedy from Massachusetts had won in the closest presidential election since 1916. Hatless and handsome, he had given people faith in the future…

— Alice Hoffman

I think of the Kennedy family and I think of their faith... Along came John F. Kennedy and a part of his legacy is…

— Doug Wead

“(John F.) Kennedy was an elitist and not a populist. He was enthralled by a certain British aristocratic view of politics in which an…

— Scott Farris

“Fun fact: Kennedy was the first catholic president. Obama was the first black president. Trump is the first mentally ill president.”

— Oliver Markus Malloy

Kennedy saw the presidency as the vital center of government, and a president's primary goal as galvanizing commitments to constructive change. He aimed to…

— Robert Dallek

“As a final argument that Catholicism and statism are contradictory, Kennedy added, “A Catholic’s dual allegiance to the Kingdom of God on the one…

— Ira Stoll

A President is neither prince nor pope, and I don't seek a window on men's souls. In fact, I yearn for a greater tolerance,…

— George H. W. Bush

President John F. Kennedy demonstrated the value of presidential credibility at the height of the Cuban missile crisis, when he sent emissaries to America's…

— Antony Blinken