Political Quotes

On the recordMarch 17, 1963
I come here today with 180 million fellow Americans who want this hemisphere to be free, and who want this hemisphere to be an example to a watching world in the crucial years of this century and this decade.
Said by
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Remarks Upon Arrival at the Airport, San Jose, Costa Rica

Share & report

More from John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Nov 6, 1963

So the central responsibility, of course, is to try to develop a climate in this country where there is as close to full employment as we can get it, and then to give particular attention to those who are handicapped.

presidency.ucsb.edu
Nov 7, 1963

Dear Mr. Chancellor: The news that it has been possible to rescue more of the miners who were trapped underground in the disaster at the Mathilde Mine in Lengede has been received with relief in America.

presidency.ucsb.edu
Nov 7, 1963

I had wondered what I would do when I retired from the Presidency, whenever that time might come, but Dr. Sockman was the first man to suggest work as challenging as the Presidency in becoming chairman of the Protestant Council's annual…

presidency.ucsb.edu

Other voices in this conversation