John F. Kennedy Quotes
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.
No responsibility of government is more fundamental than the responsibility of maintaining the highest standard of ethical behavior for those who conduct the public business.
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.
If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.
Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.
We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us through that darkness to a safe and sane future.
Democracy may not be perfect, but at least I don't have to build a wall to keep my people in.
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.
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.
We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch - we are going back from whence we came.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Every area of trouble gives out a ray of hope; and the one unchangeable certainty is that nothing is certain or unchangeable.
According to the ancient Chinese proverb, A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
