John F. Kennedy Quotes, Status, and Thoughts

This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.

One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

Ask not that the journey be easy; ask instead that it be worth it.

The state is the servant of the citizen and not his master.

I will splinter the CIA into a thousand pieces and scatter it into the winds.

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.

Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

Only educated and informed people will be free people.

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

Our task is not to fix the blame for the past, but to fix the course for the future.

Don't pray for an easy life, pray to be a stronger man.

No sane society chooses to commit national suicide.

Let's talk to one another instead of about one another.

Sometimes party loyalty asks too much.

Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.

A tax cut means higher family income and higher business profits and a balanced federal budget.

Never let your fears hold you back from pursuing your hopes.

Politics is a jungle-torn between doing the right thing and staying in office.

The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.

The unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity of opinion.

Those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside

There can be no progress if people have no faith in tomorrow.

Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.

If I don't have a woman every three days or so I get a terrible headache.

Don't ask 'Why, ask instead, 'Why not.

Justice delayed is democracy denied.

The only valid test of leadership is the ability to lead and lead vigorously.

Hold fast to the best of the past and move fast to the best of the future.

Effort and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

We need men who can dream of things that never were.

Democracy is never a final achievement. It is a call to an untiring effort.

I would rather be accused of breaking precedents than breaking promises.

The US Airforce assures me that UFO's pose no threat to National Security.

The best road to progress is freedom's road.

Libraries should be open to all - except the censor.

We must abolish nuclear weapons, or they will abolish us.

Great crises produce great men and great deeds of courage.

Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.

Peace need not be impracticable, and war need not be inevitable.

Show me a man with a great golf game, and I’ll show you a man who has been neglecting something.

The future promise of any nation can be directly measured by the present prospects of its youth.

Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future.

Everywhere immigrants have enriched and strengthened the fabric of American life.

It is not our wealth that built our roads, but it is our roads that built our wealth.

Knowledge of the oceans is more than a matter of curiosity. Our very survival may hinge upon it.

A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honours, the men it remembers.

We stand for freedom. That is our conviction for ourselves; that is our only commitment to others.