John F. Kennedy

We prefer world law in the age of self-determination to world war in the age of mass extermination.

age


John F. Kennedy

I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House - with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.

alone


John F. Kennedy

Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes... can no longer be of concern to great powers alone.

alone


John F. Kennedy

If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.

art


John F. Kennedy

The best road to progress is freedom's road.

best


John F. Kennedy

We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world or to make it the last.

best


John F. Kennedy

It might be said now that I have the best of both worlds. A Harvard education and a Yale degree.

best


John F. Kennedy

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

change


John F. Kennedy

For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.

change


John F. Kennedy

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

courage


John F. Kennedy

A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today - and in fact we have forgotten.

courage


John F. Kennedy

The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.

courage


John F. Kennedy

My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go straight.

dad


John F. Kennedy

The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.

education


John F. Kennedy

Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource.

education


John F. Kennedy

It might be said now that I have the best of both worlds. A Harvard education and a Yale degree.

education


John F. Kennedy

A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.

fear


John F. Kennedy

Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

fear


John F. Kennedy

Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity.

fitness


John F. Kennedy

Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security.

fitness


John F. Kennedy

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

forgiveness


John F. Kennedy

Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.

future


John F. Kennedy

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

future


John F. Kennedy

Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal.

future


John F. Kennedy

I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.

future


John F. Kennedy

To state the facts frankly is not to despair the future nor indict the past. The prudent heir takes careful inventory of his legacies and gives a faithful accounting to those whom he owes an obligation of trust.

future


John F. Kennedy

History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside.

future


John F. Kennedy

Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners, and necessity has made us allies. Those whom God has so joined together, let no man put asunder.

god


John F. Kennedy

The pay is good and I can walk to work.

good


John F. Kennedy

My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go straight.

government


John F. Kennedy

It might be said now that I have the best of both worlds. A Harvard education and a Yale degree.

graduation


John F. Kennedy

Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.

great


John F. Kennedy

I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.

great


John F. Kennedy

The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.

great


John F. Kennedy

Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes... can no longer be of concern to great powers alone.

great


John F. Kennedy

There are many people in the world who really don't understand-or say they don't-what is the great issue between the free world and the Communist world. Let them come to Berlin!

great


John F. Kennedy

History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside.

history


John F. Kennedy

If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.

history


John F. Kennedy

We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it.

history


John F. Kennedy

Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners, and necessity has made us allies. Those whom God has so joined together, let no man put asunder.

history


John F. Kennedy

In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility - I welcome it.

history


John F. Kennedy

We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world or to make it the last.

history


John F. Kennedy

Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom.

home


John F. Kennedy

Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom.

hope


John F. Kennedy

I hope that no American will waste his franchise and throw away his vote by voting either for me or against me solely on account of my religious affiliation. It is not relevant.

hope


John F. Kennedy

I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House - with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.

knowledge


John F. Kennedy

The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.

knowledge


John F. Kennedy

The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.

knowledge


John F. Kennedy

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

leadership


John F. Kennedy

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

learning


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