john f kennedy Quotes 1
| Name | Birthday | Death Date | Nationality | father | Mother | Profession | Famous For |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John F Kennedy | 29 May 1917 | 22 November 1963 | American | Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. | Rose Kennedy | Author, Politician, Screenwriter, Military Officer | The 35th U.S. president, negotiated the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty and initiated the Alliance for Progress and his own assassination. He was also an active advocate of civil rights in America. |
A list of popular john f kennedy quotes are given below.
"The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic." - John F Kennedy
"I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose." - John F Kennedy
"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future." - 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." - John F Kennedy
"The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy. A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures - and that is the basis of all morality." - John F Kennedy
"It is not always easy. Your successes are unheralded -- your failures are trumpeted. I sometimes have that feeling myself." - John F Kennedy
"If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him." - John F Kennedy
"Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures. And however undramatic the pursuit of peace, that pursuit must go on." - John F Kennedy
"When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses." - John F Kennedy
"Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life, I find." - John F Kennedy
"Liberty without Learning is always in peril and Learning without Liberty is always in vain." - John F Kennedy
"Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future." - John F Kennedy
"The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty, and all forms of human life." - John F Kennedy
"The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth." - John F Kennedy
"All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words 'Ich bin ein Berliner!" - John F Kennedy
"Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom." - John F Kennedy
"A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people." - John F Kennedy
"The world knows that America will never start a war. This generation of Americans has had enough of war and hate... we want to build a world of peace where the weak are secure and the strong are just." - John F Kennedy
"Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners, and necessity has made us allies. Those whom God has so joined together, let no man put asunder." - John F Kennedy
"There is always inequality in life. Some men are killed in a war and some men are wounded and some men never leave the country. Life is unfair." - John F Kennedy