A.L. Kennedy Quotes

I think the major role of the First Lady is to take care of the President so that he can best serve the people. And not to fail her family, her husband, and children.

Automation does not need to be our enemy. I think machines can make life easier for men, if men do not let the machines dominate them.

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

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.

Americans care about their past, but for short term gain they ignore it and tear down everything that matters.

Terrorism is a psychological warfare. Terrorists try to manipulate us and change our behavior by creating fear, uncertainty, and division in society.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.

It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.

I have always believed that God never gives a cross to bear larger than we can carry. No matter what, he wants us to be happy, not sad. birds sing after a storm. Why shouldn't we?

The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger--but recognize the opportunity.

I just received the following wire from my generous Daddy; Dear Jack, Don't buy a single vote more than is necessary. I'll be damned if I'm going to pay for a landslide.

A camel makes an elephant feel like a jet plane.

I am happiest when I am alone.

Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future.

If you want things to be right, you have to do them yourself

I want minimum information given with maximum politeness.

Never let your fears hold you back from pursuing your hopes.

Economic growth without social progress lets the great majority of the people remain in poverty, while a privileged few reap the benefits of rising abundance.

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.

War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

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.

Each time a man stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lot of others or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.

Hold fast to the best of the past and move fast to the best of the future.

I would rather be accused of breaking precedents than breaking promises.

Do the best you can, and then to hell with it!

Our culture will become like it was during the medieval times when there truly was a cultural elite. The rest of the people will just watch television, which will be their only frame of reference.

To run an effective political party you need a degree of tribalism, it's the glue that holds everyone together.

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.

Do you think that God would separate me from my husband if I killed myself? I feel as though I am going out of my mind at times. Wouldn’t God understand that I just want to be with him?

If you cut people off from what nourishes them spiritually, something in them dies.

He didn't even have the satisfaction of being killed for civil rights... it had to be some silly little Communist.

At the heart of liberty is the right to define one's own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life.

The children have been a wonderful gift to me, and I'm thankful to have once again seen our world through their eyes. They restore my faith in the family's future.

There will be great presidents again but there will never be another Camelot.

There is always inequality in life. Some men are killed in a war and some men are wounded and some men never leave the country. Life is unfair.

Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.

According to the ancient Chinese proverb, A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

Every area of trouble gives out a ray of hope; and the one unchangeable certainty is that nothing is certain or unchangeable.

you can always tell employees of the government by the total vacancy which occupies the space where most other people have faces.

You never know what's hit you. A gunshot is the perfect way.

So, let us not be blind to our differences - but let us also direct attention to our common interests and to the means by which those differences can be resolved.

Only an educated and informed people will be a free people.

The state is the servant of the citizen, and not his master.

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.

The weapons of war must be abolished before they abolish us.

We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.

Too often we honor swagger and bluster and the wielders of force; too often we excuse those who are willing to build their own lives on the shattered dreams of others.

I believe in an America where religious intolerance will someday end... where every man has the same right to attend or not attend the church of his choice.

The problems with this world cannot possibly be solved by sceptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need people who can dream of things that never were.