"Let every nation know, whether it wishes..." - Quote by John F Kennedy
Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.
More by John F Kennedy
“First, what does truth require? It requires us to face the facts as they are, not to involve ourselves in self-deception; to refuse to think merely in slogans. If we are to work for the future of the city, let us deal with the realities as they actually are, not as they might have been, and not as we wish they were.”
“The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger--but recognize the opportunity.”
“My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”
More on Liberty
“I am opposed to any form of tyranny over the mind of man.”
“For in a government of laws and not of men, no man, however prominent or powerful, and no mob however unruly or boisterous, is entitled to defy a court of law. If this country should ever reach the point where any man or group of men by force or threat of force could long defy the commands of our court and our Constitution, then no law would stand free from doubt, no judge would be sure of his writ, and no citizen would be safe from his neighbors.”
“Freedom has many difficulties and democracy is not perfect, but we have never had to put up a wall to keep our people in.”
More on Freedom
“You are the light of the world. You are theconsciousness that illuminates the world. Know yourself as that, and that'sfreedom, liberation, awakening, the end of suffering and madness. And it'shappening right here.”
“We are the friends of liberty everywhere, but the guarrantors of only our own.”
“Let things alone; let them weigh what they will; let them soar or fall.”