For I can assure you that we love our country, not for what it was, though it has always been great — not for what it is, though of this we are deeply proud — but for what it someday can, and, through the efforts of us all, someday will be.


"Address at a Luncheon Meeting of the National Industrial Conference Board (33)," February 13, 1961, Public Papers of the Presidents: John F. Kennedy, 1961.

John F. Kennedy Quotes

For I can assure you that we love our country, not for what it was, though it has always been great — not for what it is, though of this we are...

For I can assure you that we love our country, not for what it was, though it has always been great — not for what it is, though of this we are...

For I can assure you that we love our country, not for what it was, though it has always been great — not for what it is, though of this we are...

For I can assure you that we love our country, not for what it was, though it has always been great — not for what it is, though of this we are...