John F. Kennedy Quotes

“It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.”

“Intelligence and skill can only function at the peak of their capacity when the body is healthy and strong.”

“While we shall negotiate freely, we shall not negotiate freedom.”

“Where nature makes natural allies of us all, we can demonstrate that beneficial relations are possible even with those with whom we most deeply disagree-and this must someday be the basis of world peace and world law.”

“I want every American to be free to stand up for his rights, even if sometimes he has to sit down for them.”

“The New Frontier of which I speak is not a set of promises, it is a set of challenges.It sums up not what I intend to offer the American people, but what I intend to ask of them.”

“In a time of turbulence and change, it is more true than ever that knowledge is power.”

“Man will be what he was born to be: free and independent.”

“A life of complete leisure is the hardest work of all.”

“All my life Ive known better than to depend on the experts. How could I have been so stupid, to let them go ahead?”

“If at times our actions seem to make life difficult for others, it is only because history has made life difficult for us all.”

“Real men stay faithful. They don't have time to look for other women because they're too busy looking for new ways to love their own.”

“The great revolution in the history of man, past, present and future, is the revolution of those determined to be free.”

“Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which divide us.”

“In a time of domestic crisis, men of goodwill and generosity should be able to unite regardless of party or politics.”

“No one has been barred on account of his race from fighting or dying for America, there are no white or colored signs on the foxholes or graveyards of battle.”

“I suppose if you could have only one thing, it would be that-energy. Without it, you haven't got a thing.”

“This is a great country and requires a good deal of all of us, so I can imagine nothing more important than for all of you to continue to work in public affairs and be interested in them, not only to bring up a family, but also give part of your time to your community, your state, and your country.”

“A country is as strong, really, as its citizens. And I think that mental and physical health - mental and physical vigor - go hand in hand.”

“We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth.”

“My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”

“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.”

“Political sovereignty is but a mockery without the means of meeting poverty and illiteracy and disease. Self-determination is but a slogan if the future holds no hope.”

“And only the very courageous will be able to keep alive the spirit of individualism and dissent which gave birth to this nation, nourished it as an infant, and carried it through its severest tests upon the attainment of its maturity.”

“The basis of effective government is public confidence.”