Famous Quotes

Quotes by John F Kennedy

• 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.
• 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.
• 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!'
• Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.
• Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both.
• Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
• Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.
• Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.
• For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.
• Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
• 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.
• 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 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.
• I don't think the intelligence reports are all that hot. Some days I get more out of the New York Times.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
• 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.
• If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.
• If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.
• In a very real sense, it will not be one man going to the moon it will be an entire nation. For all of us must work to put him there.
• 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.
• Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom.
• It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.