John F. Kennedy Quotes


It won’t go over with the WASPS. They take a dim view of looking over your shoulder at someone else’s exam paper. They go in more for stealing from stockholders and banks.


Context

The Boston Globe had just reported that the President’s brother Teddy had cheated on an examination in college.


Citations

John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963, 35th President of the United States (Democrat, MA), Comment to Washington Post Editor and friend, Benjamin Bradlee

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John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
  • Born: May 29, 1917
  • Died: November 22, 1963
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: President

John Fitzgerald Kennedy, often referred to by his initials JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. Kennedy served at the height of the Cold War, and the majority of his work as president concerned relations with the Soviet Union and Cuba. A Democrat, Kennedy represented Massachusetts in both houses of the U.S. Congress prior to becoming president.