American Quote by Mitt Romney

When Kennedy said, 'Let's go to the moon,' we didn't yet have a vehicle that wouldn't kill you on launch. He said we'll land…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

In 1962, President Kennedy succeeded in captivating Americans by explaining the advantages of being the first country to reach the moon and the dangers…

— Mario Cuomo

Of course, mankind would not have landed on the Moon in 1969, were it not for two things: conquered Nazi rocket technology and post-war…

— Charles Duke

I respect John Kennedy for saying that he had a dream that we'd go to the moon before the end of the decade.

— John Catsimatidis

The decision to go to the moon is now appreciated and associated with President Kennedy's speech, but somebody else had told him it was…

— Buzz Aldrin

When President Kennedy set us on a path to the Moon in the 1960s, he knew exactly why - to produce a photo-op that…

— Rick Tumlinson

When we went to the moon and realized that the Soviet Union had no realistic plans of getting to the moon, then we stopped…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

We didn't go to the moon to explore or because it was in our DNA or because we're Americans. We went because we were…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Kennedy had made a mess in Cuba at the Bay of Pigs. He had to do something to look good. The Apollo program of…

— Wally Schirra

John Kennedy led us on a journey to discover the moon. Obama needs to lead us on a journey to rediscover, rebuild and reinvent…

— Thomas Friedman

We knew it was going to be difficult to get to the moon. We didn't know how difficult.

— Alan Bean

In a way, J.F.K. was the high point of the American dream. In order to go to the moon and back, all we did…

— Richard Dreyfuss