John F. Kennedy Quotes
Just because we cannot see clearly te end of the road, that is no reason for not setting out on the essential journey.
Kennedy, John F. "Radio and Television Address to the American People on the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty." 26 July 1963, Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963. United States Government Printing Office, 1964, p. 606.
In 1869 the all male legislature of Wyoming at the urging of legislator Col. William Bright passed legislation allowing women not only to vote but to hold public office. A local Justice of the Peace was so outraged that he resigned in protest. Then Esther Morris ran for the vacated position and won becoming the first woman to hold public office. See {585019} & {585018}
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.
