• The voters selected us, in short, because they had confidence in our judgement and our ability to exercise that judgement from a position where we could determine what were their own best interest, as a part of the nation's interest.

    John F. Kennedy: The voters selected us, in short, because they had confidence in our judgement and our ability to exercise that judgement from a position where we could determine what were their own best interest, as a part of the nation's interest.
    "Profiles in Courage". Book by John F. Kennedy and Ted Sorensen, p. 15, 1956.