Kennedy was quoting Puritan settler John Winthrop, who became governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Winthrop used the phrase "as a city upon a hill" in 1630 as a metaphor for the New World settlement and said the "eyes of all people" would be upon it.
Answer: Kennedy was quoting Puritan settler John Winthrop, who became governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Winthrop used the phrase "as a city upon a hill" in 1630 as a metaphor for the New World settlement and said the "eyes of all people" would be upon it.
