John Fitzgerald Kennedy Quotes & John Fitzgerald Kennedy Sayings

"Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." John Fitzgerald Kennedy Quotes "Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names." John Fitzgerald Kennedy Quotes "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." John Fitzgerald Kennedy Adages "History will never accept difficulties as an excuse." John Fitzgerald Kennedy "If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity." John Fitzgerald Kennedy "My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government -- he promised Dad he'd go straight." John Fitzgerald Kennedy "The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth." John Fitzgerald Kennedy Remarks "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." John Fitzgerald Kennedy "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violen trevolution inevitable." John Fitzgerald Kennedy Remarks "We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it." John Fitzgerald Kennedy Remarks (Words found written on a slip of paper by Evelyn Lincoln, Kennedy's secretary, following a disappointing meeting with Soviet Premier Nikita Krushchev in Vienn in June 1961) John Fitzgerald Kennedy Sayings A child miseducated is a child lost. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Adages A man does what he must-in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures-and that is the basis of all human morality. John Fitzgerald Kennedy A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Popular Quotes A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas have endurance without death. John Fitzgerald 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. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Quotations A rising tide lifts all boats. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Above all, we are coming to understand that the arts incarnate the creativity of a free people. When the creative impulse cannot flourish, when it cannot freely select its methods and objects, when it is deprived of spontaneity, then society severs John Fitzgerald Kennedy Above all, we are coming to understand that the arts incarnate the creativity of a free people. When the creative impulse cannot flourish, when it cannot freely select its methods and objects, when it is deprived of spontaneity, then society severs the root of art. John Fitzgerald Kennedy All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words "Ich bin ein Berliner! John Fitzgerald Kennedy All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words "Ich bin ein Berliner!" John Fitzgerald Kennedy All of us do not have equal talent, but all of us should have an equal opportunity to develop our talents. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Adages All of us do not have equal talents, but all of us should have an equal opportunity to develop our talents John Fitzgerald Kennedy Quotes All this will not be finished in the first hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first thousand days, nor in the life of this administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin. John Fitzgerald Kennedy And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you -- ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world, ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Popular Quotes Art is the great democrat, calling forth creative genius from every sector of society, disregarding race or religion or wealth or color John Fitzgerald Kennedy As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Remarks Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future John Fitzgerald Kennedy Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Quotes Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Quotations Do you realize the responsibility I carry? I'm the only person standing between Richard Nixon and the White House. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Quotations Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Sayings For if Freedom and Communism were to compete for man's allegiance in a world at peace, I would look to the future with ever increasing confidence John Fitzgerald Kennedy Popular Quotes For without belittling the courage with which men have died, we should not forget those acts of courage with which men have lived. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names John Fitzgerald Kennedy Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names. John Fitzgerald 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. John Fitzgerald 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." (To Canadian Parliament) John Fitzgerald Kennedy Adages 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. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Adages I am certain that after the dust of centuries has passed over our cities, we, too, will be remembered not for victories or defeats in battle or in politics, but for our contribution to the human spirit. John Fitzgerald Kennedy I am the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris, and I have enjoyed it. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Remarks I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, human liberty as the source of national action, the human heart as the source of national compassion, and in the human mind as the source of our invention and our ideas John Fitzgerald Kennedy I don't think the intelligence reports are all that hot. Some days I get more out of the New York Times. John Fitzgerald Kennedy I hear it said that West Berlin is militarily untenable - and so was Bastogne, and so, in fact, was Stalingrad. Any danger spot is tenable if men - brave men - will make it so. John Fitzgerald Kennedy I hear it said that West Berlin is militarily untenable-and so was Bastogne, and so, in fact, was Stalingrad. Any danger spot is tenable if men-brave men-will make it so. John Fitzgerald 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. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Quotes 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." John Fitzgerald Kennedy I know something about Mr. Khrushchev. ...Mr. Khrushchev himself, it is said, told the story about the Russian who began to run through the Kremlin shouting, 'Khrushchev is a fool, Khrushchev is a fool.' He was sentanced, he said, to twenty-three years in prison: three for insulting the party secretary, and twenty for revealing a state secret. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Quotes I know there is a God--and I see a storm coming; if He has a place for me, I believe that I am ready. John Fitzgerald 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. John Fitzgerald Kennedy I look forward to an America which will not be afraid of grace and beauty. John Fitzgerald Kennedy I think 'Hail to the Chief' has a nice ring to it. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Sayings 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. John Fitzgerald Kennedy I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered together at the White House with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone John Fitzgerald Kennedy I want to emphasize in the great concentration which we now place upon scientists and engineers how much we still need the men and women educated in the liberal tradition, willing to take the long look, undisturbed by prejudices and slogans of the moment, who attempt to make an honest judgment on difficult events. John Fitzgerald Kennedy I'm always rather nervous about how you talk about women who are active in politics, whether they want to be talked about as women or as politicians John Fitzgerald Kennedy Sayings If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Quotations If anyone is crazy enough to want to kill a president of the United States, he can do it. All he must be prepared to do is give his life for the president's. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Adages If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him. John Fitzgerald Kennedy If I had to live my life over again, I would have a different father, a different wife and a different religion. John Fitzgerald Kennedy If scientific discovery has not been an unalloyed blessing, if it has conferred on mankind the power not only to create but also to annihilate, it has at the same time provided humanity with a supreme challenge and a supreme testing John Fitzgerald Kennedy Popular Quotes If someone wants to shoot me from a window with a rifle, nobody can stop it, so why worry about it John Fitzgerald Kennedy If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for more wise men reading more good books in more public libraries. These libraries should be open to all—except the censor. We must know all the facts and hear all the alternatives and listen to all the criticisms. Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors. For the Bill of Rights is the guardian of our security as well as our liberty. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Popular Quotes If we are strong, our strength will speak for itself. If we are weak, words will be of no help. John Fitzgerald Kennedy If we cannot end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity John Fitzgerald Kennedy Remarks If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. John Fitzgerald Kennedy In a time of turbulence and change, it is more true than ever that knowledge is power John Fitzgerald Kennedy In giving rights to others which belong to them, we give rights to ourselves and to our country John Fitzgerald 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. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Sayings 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. John Fitzgerald Kennedy In the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding on the back of the tiger ended up inside. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Irrational barriers and ancient prejudices fall quickly when the question of survival itself is at stake. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Adages 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 John Fitzgerald Kennedy It might be said now that I have the best of both worlds. A Harvard education and a Yale degree. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Khrushchev reminds me of the tiger hunter who has picked a place on the wall to hang the tiger's skin long before he has caught the tiger. This tiger has other ideas. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Remarks Leadership and learning are indispensible to each other. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage the arts and commerce. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Sayings Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans -- born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Quotes Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans, born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage, and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today, at home and around the world! John Fitzgerald Kennedy Popular Quotes Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Let us resolve to be masters, not the victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions and emotions. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Remarks Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Let's not talk so much about vice. I'm against vice in all forms. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Quotes Liberty without learning is always in peril and learning without liberty is always in vain John Fitzgerald Kennedy Remarks Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind John Fitzgerald Kennedy Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind... War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Modern cynics and skeptics ... see no harm in paying those to whom they entrust the minds of their children a smaller wage than is paid to those to whom they entrust the care of their plumbing. John Fitzgerald Kennedy My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go straight. John Fitzgerald Kennedy My experience in government is that when things are non-controversial and beautifully coordinated, there is not much going on John Fitzgerald Kennedy Remarks My father always told me that all businessmen were sons of bitches, but I never believed it till now. John Fitzgerald Kennedy My father always told me that all businessmen were sons of bitches, but I never believed it till now." (On steel industry executives who increased prices) John Fitzgerald Kennedy Remarks My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man John Fitzgerald Kennedy Quotations My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the world and exiles me from it. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Remarks No one has been barred on account of his race from fighting or dying for America there are no "white" or "colored" signs on the foxholes or graveyards of battle John Fitzgerald Kennedy Popular Quotes On this earth God's work is in our hands John Fitzgerald Kennedy Popular Quotes One person can make a difference and every person should try. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Our children and grandchildren are not merely statistics towards which we can be indifferent John Fitzgerald Kennedy Quotations Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. And man can be a s big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Quotations Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Quotes Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Adages Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Sayings Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. Our requirements for world leadership, our hopes for economic growth, and the demands of citizenship itself in an era such as this all require the maximum development of every young American's capacity. The human mind is our fundamental resource. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Our task is not to fix the blame for the past, but to fix the course for the future. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Popular Quotes Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone. John Fitzgerald 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. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Politics is like football; if you see daylight, go through the hole. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Public speaking is the art of diluting a two-minute idea with a two-hour vocabulary. John Fitzgerald Kennedy So let us begin anew - remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof John Fitzgerald Kennedy Sometimes party loyalty asks too much John Fitzgerald Kennedy Remarks Sure it's a big job; but I don't know anyone who can do it better than I can. John Fitzgerald Kennedy That's obvious. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Quotations The basic problems facing the world today are not susceptible to a military solution. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Adages The basis of effective government if public confidence. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Adages The basis of effective government is public confidence, and that confidence is endangered when ethical standards falter or appear to falter John Fitzgerald Kennedy The best road to progress is freedom's road. John Fitzgerald 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. John Fitzgerald Kennedy The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less than a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy. John Fitzgerald Kennedy The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at best, if he wins, knows the thrills of high achievement, and, if he fails, at least fails daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Quotes The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it - and the glow from that fire can truly light the world John Fitzgerald Kennedy Quotations 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. John Fitzgerald Kennedy The full use of your powers along lines of excellence. - definition of happiness by John F. Kennedy. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Sayings The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth. John Fitzgerald Kennedy The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie - deliberate, contrived and dishonest - but the myth - persistent, persuasive and unrealistic John Fitzgerald Kennedy Adages The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie--deliberate, contrived and dishonest--but the myth--persistant, persuasive and unrealistic. John Fitzgerald Kennedy The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie--diliberate, contrived, and dishonest--but the myth--persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Adages The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds John Fitzgerald Kennedy Quotations The human mind is our fundamental resource. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Remarks The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Adages The margin is narrow, but the responsibility is clear John Fitzgerald Kennedy Popular Quotes The new and terrible dangers which man has created can only be controlled by man John Fitzgerald Kennedy The New Frontier I speak of is not a set of promises -- it is a set of challenges. It sums up not what I intend to offer the American people, but what I intent to ask of them. John Fitzgerald Kennedy The new frontier of which I speak is not a set of promises-it is a set of challenges. It sums up not what I intend to offer the American people, but what I intend to ask of them. It appeals to their pride, not their pocketbook-it holds out the promise of more sacrifice instead of more security. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Remarks The path we have chosen for the present is full of hazards, as all paths are. ... 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." (Announcing blockade of Cuba) John Fitzgerald Kennedy The pay is good and I can walk to work. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Sayings The poet and the politician have this in common: their greatness depends on the courage with which they face the challenges of life John Fitzgerald Kennedy Popular Quotes The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men who can dream of things that never were. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Quotes The purpose of foreign policy is not to provide an outlet for our own sentiments of hope or indignation; it is to shape real events in a real world. John Fitzgerald Kennedy The rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God John Fitzgerald Kennedy Remarks The supreme reality of our time is the vulnerability of this planet. John Fitzgerald Kennedy The time to reapir the roof is when the sun is shining. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Sayings The United States has to move very fast to even stand still. John Fitzgerald Kennedy 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. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Quotations 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. John Fitzgerald 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! John Fitzgerald Kennedy Quotations There are risks and costs to a program of action, but they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction John Fitzgerald Kennedy There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Quotes There are three things which are real: God, human folly, and laughter. The first two are beyond our comprehension. So we must do what we can with the third. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Sayings There is always inequity in life. Some men are killed in a war and some men are wounded, and some men never leave the country, and some men are stationed in the Antarctic and some are stationed in San Francisco. It’s very hard in military or in personal life to assure complete equality. Life is unfair. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Remarks There is nothing, I think, more unfortunate than to have soft, chubby, fat-looking children who go to watch their school play basketball every Saturday and regard that as their week's exercise John Fitzgerald Kennedy Quotes There is, in addition to a courage with which men die, a courage by which men must live. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Things do not happen. Things are made to happen. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Remarks Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Popular Quotes Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Sayings Those who make peaceful revolutions impossible will make violent revolutions inevitable John Fitzgerald Kennedy To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44 would have kept Jefferson from writing the Declaration of Independence, Washington from commanding the Continental Army, Madison from fathering the Constitution, Hamilton from serving as secretary of the treasury, Clay from being elected speaker of the House and Christopher Columbus from discovering America. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Adages To further the appreciation of culture among all the people, to increase respect for the creative individual, to widen participation by all the processes and fulfillments of art - this is one of the fascinating challenges of these days John Fitzgerald 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. John Fitzgerald Kennedy To those people in the huts and villages of half the globe struggling to break the bonds of mass misery, we pledge our best efforts to help them help themselves, for whatever period is required, not because the Communists may be doing it, not because we seek their votes, but because it is right. If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Quotes Today, we need a nation of Minutemen, who are not only prepared to take arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as the basic purpose of their daily lives, and who are willing to consciously work and sacrifice for that freedom John Fitzgerald Kennedy Remarks Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Quotations Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Remarks True happiness is the full use of your powers along lines of excellence in a life affording scope. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Sayings Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes. It can no longer be of concern to great powers alone. For a nuclear disaster, spread by winds and waters and fear, could well engulf the great and the small, the rich and the poor, the committed and the uncommitted alike. Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes. It can no longer concern the Great Powers alone. For a nuclear disaster, spread by wind and water and fear, could well engulf the great and the small, the rich and the poor, the committed and the uncommitted alike. Mankind must put an end to war--or war will put an end to mankind. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Quotations Washington [D.C.] is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm. John Fitzgerald Kennedy We are inclined to think that if we watch a football game or a baseball game, we have taken part in it John Fitzgerald Kennedy We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For 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. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Quotations We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out of work, they have the talent to put those men back to work John Fitzgerald Kennedy We choose to go...not because [it is] easy, but because [it is] hard, because that goal will serve to measure and organize the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Adages We dare not tempt them with weakness. For only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will never be employed. John Fitzgerald 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. John Fitzgerald Kennedy We must face the fact that the United States is neither omnipotent nor omniscient; that we are only 6 percent of the world's population; that we cannot impose our will upon the other 94 percent of mankind; that we cannot right every wrong or reverse every adversity; and that therefore there cannot be an American solution to every world problem. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Popular Quotes We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth John Fitzgerald Kennedy We must use time as a tool not as a couch John Fitzgerald Kennedy We must use time as a tool, not as a couch. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Sayings We prefer world law, in the age of self-determination, to world war in the age of mass extermination John Fitzgerald Kennedy We shall be judged more by what we do at home than what we preach abroad John Fitzgerald Kennedy Adages We should not let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes John Fitzgerald Kennedy Popular Quotes We stand today on The Edge of a new frontier-the frontier of the 1960s, a frontier of unknown opportunities and perils-a frontier of unfulfilled hopes and threats. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Popular Quotes We stand today on The Edge of a new frontier-the frontier of the 1960s-a frontier of unknown opportunities and perils-a frontier of unfulfilled hopes and threats. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Remarks We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Remarks When asked about his favorite song, I think 'Hail to the Chief' has a nice ring to it. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Remarks When asked what I am most proud of, I stick out my chest, hold my head high and state proudly, 'I served in the United States Navy!' John Fitzgerald Kennedy Remarks When at some future date the high court of history sits in judgment on each one of us-recording whether in our brief span of service we fulfilled our responsibilities to the state-our success or failure, in whatever office we may hold, will be measured by the answers to four questions-were we truly men of courage ... were we truly men of judgment ... were we truly men of integrity ... were we truly men of dedication? John Fitzgerald Kennedy Quotes When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses. John Fitzgerald Kennedy When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Adages When we got into office, the thing that surprised me most was to find that things were just as bad as we'd been saying they were. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Remarks When written in Chinese, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters-one represents danger, and the other represents opportunity. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Popular Quotes When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Remarks With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own John Fitzgerald Kennedy Quotes You can milk a cow the wrong way once and still be a farmer, but vote the wrong way on a water tower and you can be in trouble John Fitzgerald Kennedy Sayings You know nothing for sure...except the fact that you know nothing for sure. John Fitzgerald Kennedy You never know what's hit you. A gunshot is the perfect way. John Fitzgerald Kennedy You never know what's hit you. A gunshot is the perfect way." (When asked how he would choose to die) John Fitzgerald Kennedy Adages [Like] dealing with Dad-all give and no take." (On negotiating with Soviet Premier Nikita S Khrushchev) John Fitzgerald Kennedy