John F. Kennedy Quotes
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.
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.
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.
A boy spends his time finding a girl to sleep with. A real man spends his time looking for the one worth waking up to.
A great change is at hand, and our task, our obligation, is to make that revolution, that change, peaceful and constructive for all.
I am sorry to say that there is too much point to the wisecrack that life is extinct on other planets because their scientists were more advanced than ours.
The rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God.
When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.
The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty, and all forms of human life.
Every inhabitant of this planet must contemplate the day when this planet may no longer be habitable .. The weapons of war must be abolished before they abolish us.
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.
For if Freedom and Communism were to compete for mans allegiance in a world at peace, I would look to the future with ever increasing confidence.
I can remember playing under the big wooden desk in his office. My mother didn't like us to chew gum, so we'd go into his office, and he'd feed us gum under the desk.
I know there is a God - I see the storm coming and I see his hand in it - if he has a place then I am ready - we see the hand.
A tax cut means higher family income and higher business profits and a balanced federal budget.
We stand for freedom. That is our conviction for ourselves; that is our only commitment to others.
The ancient Greek definition of happiness was the full use of your powers along lines of excellence.
Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both.
In a time of turbulence and change, it is more true than ever that knowledge is power.
It is in the American tradition to stand up for one's rights--even if the new way to stand up for one's rights is to sit down.
The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings.
If we are strong, our strength will speak for itself. If we are weak, words will be of no help.
It is insane that two men, sitting on opposite sides of the world, should be able to decide to bring an end to civilization.
Anyone who can solve the problems of water will be worthy of two Nobel prizes - one for peace and one for science.
The high office of the President has been used to foment a plot to destroy the American's freedom and before I leave office, I must inform the citizens of this plight.
Persons are judged to be great because of the positive qualities they possess, not because of the absence of faults.
when my office would require me to either violate my conscience or violate the national interest, then I would resign the office; and I hope any conscientious public servant would do the same.
The freedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those who say, 'What's mine is mine and what's yours is negotiable.'