John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy, commonly referred to by his initials JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963. The Cuban Missile Crisis, The Bay of Pigs Invasion, the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, the establishment of the Peace Corps, developments in the Space Race, the building of the Berlin Wall, the Trade Expansion Act to lower tariffs, and the Civil Rights Movement all took place...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPresident
Date of Birth29 May 1917
CountryUnited States of America
John F. Kennedy quotes about
Peace need not be impracticable, and war need not be inevitable.
And with privilege goes responsibility.
So long as freedom from hunger is only half achieved, so long as two thirds of the nations have food deficits, no citizen, no nation can afford to be satisfied. We have the ability, as members of the human race, we have the means, we have the capacity to eliminate hunger from the face of the earth in our lifetime. We only need the will.
We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things. Not because they are easy, but because they are hard.
It is not our wealth that built our roads, but it is our roads that built our wealth.
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 would rather be accused of breaking precedents than breaking promises.
Wealth is the means, and people are the ends. All our material riches will avail us little if we do not use them to expand the opportunities of our people.
The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.
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.
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.
If we are strong, our strength will speak for itself. If we are weak, words will be of no help.
Liberty without Learning is always in peril and Learning without Liberty is always in vain.
The rising tide lifts all the boats.