"The only reason to give a speech..." - Quote by John F Kennedy

“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.”

“The life of the arts is far from an interruption, a distraction, in the life of a nation, is close to the center of a nation's purpose-and is a test of the quality of a nations' civilization.”

“Certain other societies may respect the rule of force--we respect the rule of law.”

“The state of society is one in which the members have suffered amputation from the trunk, and strut about so many walking monsters, - a good finger, a neck, a stomach, an elbow, but never a man. Man is thus metamorphosed into a thing, into many things. The planter, who is Man sent out into the field to gather food, is seldom cheered by any idea of the true dignity of his ministry. He sees his bushel and his cart, and nothing beyond, and sinks into the farmer, instead of Man on the farm.”

“We work to become, not to acquire.”

“I've always wanted to write poems and nothing else.”

“We cannot be speakers who do not listen. But neither can we be listeners who do not speak.”

“Listen with ears of tolerance! See through the eyes of compassion! Speak with the language of love”

“I am sorry to have made such a long speech, but I did not have time to write a shorter one.”