Kennedy Quotes

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.

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.

One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.

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.

You are the stars and the world is watching you. By your presence, you send a message to every village, every city, every nation. A message of hope. A message of victory.

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?

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

Don't pray for an easy life, pray to be a stronger man.

Life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments.

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

We should all do something to right the wrongs that we see and not just complain about them.

A great goal in life is the only fortune worth finding.

My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

It has been said, 'time heals all wounds.' I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone.

There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.

The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better.

Every time you stand up for an ideal, you send forth a tiny ripple of hope.

I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil. Government belongs wherever evil needs an adversary and there are people in distress.

The first time you marry for love, the second for money, and the third for companionship.

Once you can express yourself, you can tell the world what you want from it. All the changes in the world, for good or evil, were first brought about by words.

Our task is not to fix blame for the past, but to fix the course for the future.

People often tell me I could be a great man. I'd rather be a good man.

The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.

If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.

Effort and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.

Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.

There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all.

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.

I think my biggest achievement is that, after going through a rather difficult time, I consider myself comparatively sane.

If you don't have an idea that materializes and changes a person's life, then what have you got? You have talk, research, telephone calls, meetings, but you don't have a change in the community.

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.

I can’t stand to hear his [Obama’s] voice anymore. He’s a liar, and worse.

I do not like candid pictures. They are so unattractive.

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

I will splinter the CIA into a thousand pieces and scatter it into the winds.

We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.

There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?

While free markets tend to democratize a society, unfettered capitalism leads invariably to corporate control of government.

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.

Pearls are always appropriate.

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.

There can be no progress if people have no faith in tomorrow.