"In the long history of the world,..." - Quote by John F Kennedy
In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility - I welcome it.
More by John F Kennedy
“If this capsule history of our progress teaches us anything, it is that man, in his quest for knowledge and progress, is determined and cannot be deterred.”
“Suspicion on one side breeds suspicion on the other, and new weapons beget counter-weapons.”
“The margin is narrow, but the responsibility is clear.”
More on Freedom
“It’ll be the ballot or it’ll be the bullet. It’ll be liberty or it’ll be death. And if you’re not ready to pay that price don’t use the word freedom in your vocabulary.”
“Do not be deluded by the abstract word Freedom. Whose freedom? Not the freedom of one individual in relation to another, but freedom of Capital to crush the worker.”
“You have escaped the cage. Your wings are stretched out. Now fly.”
More on Responsibility
“Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.”
“Simply put, you believer that things or people make you unhappy, but this is not accurate. You make yourself unhappy.”
“No ordinary work done by a man is either as hard or as responsible as the work of a woman who is bringing up a family of small children; for upon her time and strength demands are made not only every hour of the day but often every hour of the night.”