We are confronted primarily with a moral issuewhether all Americans are to be afforded equal rights and equal opportunities, whether we are going to treat our fellow Americans as we want to be treated.

Quote by John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Topics: Civil Rights Quotes

The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds

The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds

The human mind is our fundamental resource.

The human mind is our fundamental resource.

We prefer world law, in the age of self-determination, to world war in the age...

We prefer world law, in the age of self-determination, to world war in the age...

We should not let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes

We should not let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes

Sometimes party loyalty asks too much

Sometimes party loyalty asks too much

All of us do not have equal talents, but all of us should have an...

All of us do not have equal talents, but all of us should have an...

I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has...

I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has...

The best road to progress is freedom's road.

The best road to progress is freedom's road.

Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body,...

Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body,...

We must use time as a tool not as a couch

We must use time as a tool not as a couch

I'm always rather nervous about how you talk about women who are active in politics,...

I'm always rather nervous about how you talk about women who are active in politics,...

A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been...

A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been...

Persons are judged to be great because of the positive qualities they possess, not because...

Persons are judged to be great because of the positive qualities they possess, not because...

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas...

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas...

For if Freedom and Communism were to compete for man's allegiance in a world at...

For if Freedom and Communism were to compete for man's allegiance in a world at...

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...

Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression...

Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression...

A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the...

A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the...

The attainment of an ideal is often the beginning of a disillusion

The attainment of an ideal is often the beginning of a disillusion

When a man forgets his ideals, he may hope for happiness, but not till then

When a man forgets his ideals, he may hope for happiness, but not till then

Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.

Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.

Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.

Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.