Political Quotes

On the recordOctober 17, 1960
It is a great country, but I believe it must be greater, and it is a powerful country, but I believe it must be more powerful, and I believe that our responsibility in the 1960's is to restore to the world the image of America as a society on the move, a society whose high noon is just ahead, not a society which stands still, which begins to lose its vitality, which begins to lose its image as a moving society, a moving country.
Said by
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, 163d Street Shopping Center, North Miami Beach, FL

Share

More from John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Nov 13, 1963

But it is a fact that the imports of woolens and worsteds have gone up from about 15 to 22 or 23 percent.

presidency.ucsb.edu
Nov 12, 1963

We are proud to have them here also because they are a Scottish Regiment, and that green and misty country has sent hundreds and thousands of Scottish men and women to the United States and they have been among our finest citizens.

presidency.ucsb.edu

Other voices in this conversation