♦ Politics is like football; if you see daylight, go through the hole – John F. Kennedy

♦ A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today – and in fact we have forgotten – John F. Kennedy

♦ I’m always rather nervous about how you talk about women who are active in politics, whether they want to be talked about as women or as politicians – John F. Kennedy

♦ It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war – John F. Kennedy

♦ We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world or to make it the last – John F. Kennedy

♦ Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes… can no longer be of concern to great powers alone – 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

♦ If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich – 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

♦ I’m an idealist without illusions – John F. Kennedy