For I can assure you that we love our country, not for what it was, though it has always been great — not for what it is, though of this we are deeply proud — but for what it someday can, and, through the efforts of us all, someday will be.

John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) American politician, author, journalist, US President (1961–63)

Speech, National Industrial Conference Board (13 Feb 1961)
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