In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility – I welcome it.

– John F. Kennedy

Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans – born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace.

– John F. Kennedy

You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.

– Abraham Lincoln