John F. Kennedy

I see no magic in tax dollars which are sent to Washington and then returned. I abhor the waste and incompetence of large-scale federal bureaucracies in this administration as well as in others. I do not favor state compulsion when voluntary individual effort can do the job and do it well.

John F. Kennedy

I speak of peace, therefore, as the necessary rational end of rational men. I realize the pursuit of peace is not as dramatic as the pursuit of war… But we have no more urgent task.

John F. Kennedy

I strongly believe in Scouting… It’s a source of great strength to us.

John F. Kennedy

I think ‘Hail to the Chief’ has a nice ring to it.

John F. Kennedy

I think it is appropriate that we pay tribute to this great constitutional principle which is enshrined in the First Amendment of the Constitution: the principle of religious independence, of religious liberty, of religious freedom.

John F. Kennedy

I think the success of any school can be measured by the contribution the alumni make to our national life.

John F. Kennedy

I want every American to be free to stand up for his rights, even if sometimes he has to sit down for them.

John F. Kennedy

I was born an American, I live like an American, I will die an American.

John F. Kennedy

I was never accepted into certain parts of New England society because my grandfather was an Irish barkeep.

John F. Kennedy

I will splinter the CIA into a thousand pieces and scatter it into the winds.

John F. Kennedy