This Nation was founded by men of many nations and backgrounds. It was founded on the principle that all men are created equal, and that the rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.

Quote by John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Topics: Citizenship Quotes, Equality Quotes

The basis of effective government if public confidence.

The basis of effective government if public confidence.

We shall be judged more by what we do at home than what we preach...

We shall be judged more by what we do at home than what we preach...

We cannot expect that all nations will adopt like systems, for conformity is the jailer...

We cannot expect that all nations will adopt like systems, for conformity is the jailer...

I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, human liberty as the...

I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, human liberty as the...

Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.

Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.

Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors.

Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors.

The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie - deliberate, contrived...

The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie - deliberate, contrived...

Do you realize the responsibility I carry? I'm the only person standing between Richard Nixon...

Do you realize the responsibility I carry? I'm the only person standing between Richard Nixon...

We are confronted primarily with a moral issuewhether all Americans are to be afforded equal...

We are confronted primarily with a moral issuewhether all Americans are to be afforded equal...

I don't think the intelligence reports are all that hot. Some days I get more...

I don't think the intelligence reports are all that hot. Some days I get more...

If scientific discovery has not been an unalloyed blessing, if it has conferred on mankind...

If scientific discovery has not been an unalloyed blessing, if it has conferred on mankind...

We choose to go...not because [it is] easy, but because [it is] hard, because that...

We choose to go...not because [it is] easy, but because [it is] hard, because that...

Art is the great democrat, calling forth creative genius from every sector of society, disregarding...

Art is the great democrat, calling forth creative genius from every sector of society, disregarding...

If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to...

If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to...

The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one...

The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one...

A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is...

A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is...

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

I am sorry to say that there is too much point to the wisecrack that...

I am sorry to say that there is too much point to the wisecrack that...

This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle; wonderful, inscrutable, magical...

This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle; wonderful, inscrutable, magical...

The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point, however, is to...

The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point, however, is to...