John F. Kennedy Quotes About Fathers

• By calling attention to 'a well regulated militia,' 'the security of the nation,' and the right of each citizen 'to keep and bear arms,' our founding fathers recognized the essentially civilian nature of our economy... The Second Amendment still remains an important declaration of our basic civilian-military relationships in which every citizen must be ready to participate in the defense of his country. For that reason I believe the Second Amendment will always be important.

  John F. Kennedy

  Country, Father, Military

• Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.

  John F. Kennedy

  Motivational, Inspiring, Leadership

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

• There's an old saying that victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan.... I'm the responsible officer of the Government.

  John F. Kennedy

  Inspirational, Father, Government

  State Department press conference on April 21, 1961. "A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House". Book by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., p. 262, 1965.

• We had a dog who was named Pushinka, who was given to my father by a Soviet official. And we trained that dog to slide down the slide we had in the back of the White House. Sliding the dog down that slide is probably my first memory.

  John F. Kennedy

  Dog, Memories, Father

• I believe the American people are more concerned with a man's views and abilities than with the church to which he belongs. I believe the founding fathers meant it when they provided in Article VI of the Constitution that there should be no religious test for public office. And I believe that the American people mean to adhere to those principles today.

  John F. Kennedy

  Religious, Father, Believe

• My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go straight.

  John F. Kennedy

  Brother, Dad, Father

  John F. Kennedy, Dominique Enright (2003). “The Wicked Wit of John F. Kennedy”, Michael O'Mara Books

• Success has many fathers.

  John F. Kennedy

  Father

• If I had to live my life over again, I would have a different father, a different wife and a different religion.

  John F. Kennedy

  Father, Wife, Different

  "A Hero for Our Time: An Intimate Story of the Kennedy Years". Book by Ralph G. Martin, 1983.

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