If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity – John F. Kennedy

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction – John F. Kennedy

The very word ‘secrecy’ is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings – John F. Kennedy

A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people – John F. Kennedy

We cannot expect that all nations will adopt like systems, for conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth – John F. Kennedy

Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan – John F. Kennedy