John F. Kennedy: If by liberal you mean...
If by a
"Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone
who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the
welfare of the people — their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs,
their civil rights, and their civil liberties — someone who believes we can
break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad,
if that is what they mean by a "Liberal," then I'm proud to say I'm a
"Liberal." --John F.
Kennedy, Acceptance of the New York
Liberal Party nomination (14 September 1960)