John F. Kennedy Quotes

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.
John F. Kennedy

Trust, Future, Past

Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.
John F. Kennedy

Peace, Daily, Old

Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.
John F. Kennedy

Human, May, Destiny

History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside.
John F. Kennedy

History, Future, Past

The path we have chosen for the present is full of hazards, as all paths are. The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.
John F. Kennedy

Freedom, Path, High

If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.
John F. Kennedy

Art, Society, Him

If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.
John F. Kennedy

History, End, Help

It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.
John F. Kennedy

Peace, War, Fact

The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
John F. Kennedy

Time, Sun, Shining

I am not the Catholic candidate for President. I am the Democratic Party's candidate for President, who happens also to be a Catholic.
John F. Kennedy

President, Happens, Party

Domestic policy can only defeat us; foreign policy can kill us.
John F. Kennedy

Defeat, Policy, Foreign

If anyone is crazy enough to want to kill a president of the United States, he can do it. All he must be prepared to do is give his life for the president's.
John F. Kennedy

Life, Crazy, Give

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.
John F. Kennedy

Single, Vote, Pay

Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.
John F. Kennedy

Fear, Negotiate

Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security.
John F. Kennedy

Fitness, Security, Growing

Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process.
John F. Kennedy

Parenting, Become, Mothers

The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty, and all forms of human life.
John F. Kennedy

Technology, Life, Power

I am sorry to say that there is too much point to the wisecrack that life is extinct on other planets because their scientists were more advanced than ours.
John F. Kennedy

Technology, Life, Sorry

Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource.
John F. Kennedy

Education, Mind, Human

Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans - born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace.
John F. Kennedy

Peace, Time, War

There is always inequality in life. Some men are killed in a war and some men are wounded and some men never leave the country. Life is unfair.
John F. Kennedy

Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage the arts and commerce.
John F. Kennedy

Science, Together, Stars

I think 'Hail to the Chief' has a nice ring to it.
John F. Kennedy

Nice, Chief, Ring

The world knows that America will never start a war. This generation of Americans has had enough of war and hate... we want to build a world of peace where the weak are secure and the strong are just.
John F. Kennedy

Peace, War, Hate

Sure it's a big job; but I don't know anyone who can do it better than I can.
John F. Kennedy

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: President

Born: May 29, 1917

Died: November 22, 1963

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