“It is refreshing and enlightening to have a first-rate politician write a thoughtful and persuasive book about political integrity.”—New York Times
“This book is not just the stories of the past but a book of hope and confidence for the future. What happens to the country, to the world, depends on what we do with what others have left us.”—from the Foreword by Robert F. Kennedy

During 1954-1955, John F. Kennedy, then a U.S. Senator, profiled eight of his historical colleagues for their acts of astounding integrity in the face of overwhelming opposition, including John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, Thomas Hart Benton, and Robert A. Taft. Awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1956, Profiles in Courage resounds with timeless lessons on the most cherished of virtues and is a powerful reminder of the strength of the human spirit.