"I do not belive that Washington should..." - Quote by John F Kennedy
I do not belive that Washington should do for the people wha they can do for themselves through local and private effort.
More by John F Kennedy
“We celebrate the past to awaken the future.”
“Not every child has an equal talent or an equal ability or equal motivation, but they should have the equal right to develop their talent and their ability and their motivation, to make something of themselves.”
“We in this country, in this generation, are, by destiny rather than choice, the watchmen on the walls of world freedom.”
More on Self Reliance
“He who would be a man must therefore be a non-conformist.”
“Nature suffers nothing to remain in her kingdom which cannot help itself.”
“The creed of our democracy is that liberty is acquired and kept by men and women who are strong and self-reliant, and possessed of such wisdom as God gives mankind - men and women who are just, and understanding, and generous to others - men and women who are capable of disciplining themselves. For they are the rulers and they must rule themselves.”
More on Government
“But when no risk is taken there is no freedom. It is thus that, in an industrial society, the plethora of laws made for our personal safety convert the land into a nursery, and policemen hired to protect us become selfserving busybodies.”
“[Not enough is known about solid geometry] and for two reasons: in the first place, no government places value on it; this leads to a lack of energy in the pursuit of it, and it is difficult. In the second place, students cannot learn it unless they have a teacher. But then a teacher can hardly be found.”
“...is the spirit of the people an infallible, a permanent reliance? ...the spirit of the times may alter, will alter. Our rulers will become corrupt, our people careless.”