Quotes
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Speech at the Meeting of the University of South Carolina Chapter of the American Association of University Professors, Columbia, South Carolina
Every generation inherits a world it never made; and, as it does so, it automatically becomes the trustee of that world for those who come after. In due course, each generation makes its own accounting to its children.
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Address at the Americans for Democratic Action Dinner in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Here in America today, perhaps the clearest mirror of our performance, the truest measure of whether we live up to our ideals, is our youth.
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Speech Delivered at the Commemoration of the 125th year of the Founding of Central High School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The young throughout the world will not wait for our concern.
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Speech in Chicago
We face a severe challenge. Daily before our eyes there is a growing army of unemployed and out-of-school youth.
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Speech Delivered at the Commemoration of the 125th year of the Founding of Central High School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Under conditions of turbulence, social and political change, the young are often directly involved not in learning history in the classroom, but in making history themselves.
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Speech at the University of Alabama
There are many paths to action—to service and sacrifice—open to young people.
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Speech at the New Hampshire Democratic State Convention, Manchester, New Hampshire
Thousands of young men and women serve in the Peace Corps, in isolated villages and city slums all over the globe . . .
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Speech Delivered at the Commemoration of the 125th year of the Founding of Central High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
I feel we can approach the young people of the world with strength and with confidence.
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Address at the Day of Affirmation at the University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Each nation has different obstacles and different goals, shaped by the vagaries of history and experience.
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Remarks to medical students on federally subsidized healthcare
The students fired off questions challenging Kennedy on medical care for the poor, which they characterized as too expensive, unnecessary, or best left to the marketplace. Ultimately a student asked, “Where are you going to get all the money for these federally subsidized programs you’re talking about?”
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Speech at Worthington, Minnesota
Answers founded on clear and dispassionate thought must be matched to action rooted in conviction and a passionate desire to reshape the world.
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Address at the University College of Buffalo Commencement, Buffalo, New York
Around the world— from the straits of Magellan to the straits of Malacca, from the Nile Delta to the Amazon basin, in Jaipur and Johannesburg—
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