Kennedy questioned rhetorically whether one-quarter of Americans were relegated to second-class citizenship just because they were Catholic, and once stated that "o one asked me my religion in the South Pacific."
Kennedy secara retoris mempertanyakan apakah seperempat warga Amerika Serikat menjadi warga kelas dua hanya karena mereka Katolik, dan pernah menyatakan bahwa, "Tak ada yang menanyakan agamaku di Pasifik Selatan."