“Things don't just happen. They are made to happen.”

“I am not the Catholic candidate for President. I am the Democratic Party's candidate for President, who happens also to be a Catholic.”

“Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life, I find.[Quoted by Theodore Sorensen in 'Kennedy']”

“No American is ever made better off by pulling a fellow American down, and all of us are made better off whenever any one of us is made better off.”

“Whether they be young in spirit, or young in age, the members of the Democratic Party must never lose that youthful zest for new ideas and for a better world, which has made us great.”

“I don't think the intelligence reports are all that hot. Some days I get more out of the New York Times.”

“Just because we cannot see clearly te end of the road, that is no reason for not setting out on the essential journey.”