History will not judge our endeavors--and a government cannot be selected--merely on the basis of color or creed or even party affiliation. Neither will competence and loyalty and stature, while essential to the utmost, suffice in times such as these.

John F. Kennedy, Address to a Joint Convention of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, The State House, Boston. Also know as the "City Upon a Hill" speech, Jan 09, 1961