If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich – John F. Kennedy

War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today – John F. Kennedy

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich – John F. Kennedy

We prefer world law in the age of self-determination to world war in the age of mass extermination – John F. Kennedy

In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility – I welcome it – John F. Kennedy

The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission – John F. Kennedy