John F. Kennedy
sitemanagerNo easy problem ever comes to the President of the United States. If they are easy to solve, somebody else has solved them.
John F. Kennedy
Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind.
John F. 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. Let us never negotiate out…
John F. Kennedy
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…
John F. Kennedy
When we got into office, the thing that surprised me the most was that things were as bad as we'd been saying they were.
John F. Kennedy
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 F. 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.
John F. Kennedy
To those new States whom we welcome to the ranks of the free, we pledge our word that one form of colonial control shall not have passed away merely to…
John F. Kennedy
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 F. Kennedy
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 F. Kennedy
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
John F. Kennedy
Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.
John F. Kennedy
Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer but the right answer.
John F. Kennedy
We must use time as a tool, not as a crutch.
John F. Kennedy
Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process.
John F. Kennedy
Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.
John F. Kennedy
The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.
John F. Kennedy
For in the final analysis, our most basic common link, is that we all inhabit this small planet, we all breathe the same air, we all cherish our children's futures,…
John F. Kennedy
The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring this endeavor will light our bounty and all who serve it, and the glow from that fire can truly light the…
John F. Kennedy
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 F. Kennedy
Liberty without learning is always in peril; learning without liberty is always in vain.
John F. Kennedy
It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.
John F. Kennedy
Happiness is the full use of your powers along lines of excellence.
John F. Kennedy
We should not let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes.
John F. Kennedy
We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth.
John F. Kennedy
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
John F. Kennedy
Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm.
John F. Kennedy
We dare not forget that we are the heirs of that first revolution.
John F. Kennedy
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.
John F. Kennedy
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
John F. Kennedy
We need men who can dream of things that never were.