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

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

The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth – 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 great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic – John F. Kennedy

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