My father always told me that all businessmen were sons of bitches, but I never believed it till now

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them

Only in the case of the Negro has the melting pot failed to bring a minority into the full stream of American life

And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you -- ask what you can do for your country

I hope that no American...will waste his franchise and throw away his vote by voting either for me or against me solely on account of my religious affiliation. It is not relevant

My fellow citizens of the world ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man

The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission

We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out of work, they have the talent to put those men back to work

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

I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, human liberty as the source of national action, the human heart as the source of national compassion, and in the human mind as the source of our invention and our ideas