John F. Kennedy

Quotes

• “To those peoples in the huts and villages of half the globe struggling to break the bonds of mass misery, we pledge our ...”
• “The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie--deliberate, contrived and dishonest--but the myth--persistent, persu...”
• “Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of ...”
• “Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship...”
• “The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportun...”
• “I hope that no American will waste his franchise and throw away his vote by voting either for me or against me solely on...”
• “A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas have endurance without death.[Remarks Recorded for...”
• “The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnifice...”
• “Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.[Quoting Reverend Phillips Brooks, during Remarks at Presidential Pr...”
• “If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes h...”
• “As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by th...”
• “Libraries should be open to all - except the censor.[Response to questionnaire in Saturday Review, October 29 1960]”
• “Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.[Inaugural Address, January 20 1961]”
• “Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.”
• “Liberty without Learning is always in peril and Learning without Liberty is always in vain.”
• “In a time of turbulence and change, it is more true than ever that knowledge is power.”
• “Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life.”
• “The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.”
• “Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future.”
• “Our progress as a nation can be not swifter than our progress in education.”
• “Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.”