John Kennedy actually said...

"I take special pride, therefore, in submitting this proposal to permit the greatest possible number of citizens of the District of Columbia to share with their fellow Americans the basic right to vote..."

"For unless education aims at elevating the motives of men we can find no basic answer to the division and troubles of our times."

"We seek citizens and statesmen whose guiding principle is not who is right but what is right."

"The passage of the 23d Amendment by the Congress and its remarkably prompt ratification by the required number of States reaffirms the belief of the people of the entire Nation in the basic principle ..."