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
For of those to whom much is given, much is required.
Do you realize the responsibility I carry? I'm the only person between Nixon and the White House.
The rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God.
It shall be the policy of this nation to regard any nuclear missile launched from Cuba as an attack by the Soviet Union on the United States.
The day before my inauguration President Eisenhower told me, ''You'll find that no easy problems ever come to the President of the United States. If they are easy to solve, somebody else has solved them.'' I found that hard to believe, but now I know it is true.
Political action is the highest responsibility of a citizen.
The unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity of opinion.
There will always be dissident voices heard in the land, expressing opposition without alternatives, finding fault but never favor, perceiving gloom on every side and seeking influence without responsibility.
And with privilege goes responsibility.
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.
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.
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.