| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 1667 |
| AUTHOR: | John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917–63) |
| QUOTATION: | As they say on my own Cape Cod, a rising tide lifts all the boats. And a partnership, by definition, serves both partners, without domination or unfair advantage. Together we have been partners in adversity—let us also be partners in prosperity. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | President JOHN F. KENNEDY, address in the Assembly Hall at the Paulskirche, Frankfurt, West Germany, June 25, 1963.—Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963, p. 519.
Kennedy used the “rising tide” image a number of times. |
| SUBJECTS: | Sea |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia | | |
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