Political Quotes

On the public record

All Quotes

Every politician on the site, every statement on file. Search, filter, and read the public record.

38,300+·quotes on file

Active
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Sep 8, 1960

Governor Lawrence, Mayor Lee, and other Democratic mayors and local officials have firsthand knowledge of the problems of cities, and I look to them for guidance and continued local leadership in meeting these problems.

presidency.ucsb.edu
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Sep 8, 1960

This is a trying time in the life of our country, but I think in a very real sense if we do our job here, the future can belong to us.

presidency.ucsb.edu
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Sep 8, 1960

I am calling a conference in Pittsburgh on October 10 to consider what needs to be done about the urgent human problems of American cities and suburbs.

presidency.ucsb.edu
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Sep 8, 1960

My answer I tried to respond to Mr. Ritter with was I stated in the field of national security I thought the United States would have to make a bigger effort.

presidency.ucsb.edu
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Sep 8, 1960

The friendship between the people of China and the United States is too firmly founded, and too deeply rooted, to be interrupted by the acts of the totalitarian government which temporarily rules the Chinese mainland.

presidency.ucsb.edu
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Sep 8, 1960

It is only stating a fact to say that their patriotism has been demonstrated so thoroughly, in these ways, that the United States as a whole owes them recognition.

presidency.ucsb.edu