John Kennedy actually said...

It is a basic tenet of democracy to grant equal rights to all, regardless of race, creed, color, or sex.

Letter to Mrs. Emma Guffey Miller, Chairman of the National Woman's Party

10/20/1960

More John Kennedy Quotes

I pledge that a new administration will move at once to put our people back to work.

Today, we stand on the threshold of a New Frontier, for all Americans.

I have consistently and outspokenly classified myself as an 'economic conservative.'

I am a Democrat, without prefix or suffix.