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
Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all.
In a time of turbulence and change, it is more true than ever that knowledge is power.
We stand for freedom. That is our conviction for ourselves; that is our only commitment to others.
Sincerity is always subject to proof.
The only reason to give a speech is to change the world.
Now the trumpet summons us again - not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need; not as a call to battle, though embattled we are; but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle, year in and year out, 'rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation', a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease and war itself.
Freedom is indivisible, and when one man is enslaved, all are not free.
A child miseducated is a child lost.
Great crisis produce great men and great deeds of courage.
The men who create power make an indispensable contribution to the nation's greatness. But the men who question power make a contribution just as indispensable for they determine whether we use power or power uses us.
Those who do nothing are inviting shame as well as violence. Those who act boldly are recognizing right as well as reality.
... the Athenian lawmaker Solon decreed it a crime for any citizen to shrink from controversy.
Democracy is never a final achievement. It is a call to an untiring effort.
We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.