John F. Kennedy on Foreign policy of the United States
← Back to John F. Kennedy ProfileDelivered shortly before his assassination, Kennedy's address at the Mormon Tabernacle articulated a pragmatic foreign policy, prioritizing tangible results over emotional impulses.
“The purpose of foreign policy is not to provide an outlet for our own sentiments of hope or indignation; it is to shape real events in a real world.”
“To those peoples in the huts and villages of half the globe struggling to break the bonds of mass misery, we pledge our best efforts to help them help themselves, for whatever period is required—not because the communists may be doing it, not because we seek their votes, but because it is right. If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.”