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
For of those to whom much is given, much is required.
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.
The wave of the future is not the conquest of the world by a single dogmatic creed but the liberation of the diverse energies of free nations and free men.
Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
A full scale nuclear exchange, lasting less than 60 minutes...could wipe out more than 300 million Americans, Europeans, and Russians, as well as untold numbers elsewhere. And the survivors-as Chairman Khrushchev warned the Communist Chinese, `the survivors would envy the dead.' For they would inherit a world so devastated by explosions and poison and fire that today we cannot conceive of its horrors.
Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security.
Everywhere immigrants have enriched and strengthened the fabric of American life.
We dare not forget that we are the heirs of that first revolution.
Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet.
The United States of America has no intention of finishing second in space. This effort is expensive-but it pays its way for freedom and for America.
We can have faith in the future only if we have faith in ourselves.
I have a nice home, the office is close by, and the pay is good.