John F. Kennedy Quotes About Doubt

• For in a government of laws and not of men, no man, however prominent or powerful, and no mob however unruly or boisterous, is entitled to defy a court of law. If this country should ever reach the point where any man or group of men by force or threat of force could long defy the commands of our court and our Constitution, then no law would stand free from doubt, no judge would be sure of his writ, and no citizen would be safe from his neighbors.

  John F. Kennedy

  Country, Powerful, Men

  "Radio and Television Report to the Nation on the Situation at the University of Mississippi". September 30, 1962.

• There is a terrific disadvantage in not having the abrasive quality of the press applied to you daily. Even though we never like it, and even though we wish they didn't write it, and even though we disapprove, there isn't any doubt that we could not do the job at all in a free society without a very, very active press.

  John F. Kennedy

  Jobs, Writing, Media

• The White House was designed by Hoban, a noted Irish-American architect, and I have no doubt that he believed by incorporating several features of the Dublin style he would make it more homelike for any President of Irish descent. It was a long wait, but I appreciate his efforts.

  John F. Kennedy

  White, Long, Appreciate

  Address Before the Irish Parliament, delivered 28 June 1963, Dublin, Ireland

• For only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will never be employed.

  John F. Kennedy

  Doubt, Arms, Certain

  Inaugural Address, delivered 20 January 1961

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