Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| 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 Kennedy used the “rising tide” image a number of times. |
| SUBJECTS: | Sea |