John F. Kennedy the President, biography, facts and quotes

"America has tossed its cap over the wall of space"

"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"

"We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it"

"Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all"

"My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country"

"The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth"

"Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both"

"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"

"Now we have a problem in making our power credible, and Vietnam is the place"

"My father always told me that all businessmen were sons of bitches, but I never believed it till now"

"If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich"

"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"

"Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names"

"There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction"

"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"

"The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission"

"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable"

"Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly"

"Things do not happen. Things are made to happen"

"We stand today on the edge of a new frontier - the frontier of the 1960's - a frontier of unknown opportunities and perils - a frontier of unfulfilled hopes and threats"

"We prefer world law in the age of self-determination to world war in the age of mass extermination"

"We must use time as a tool, not as a couch"

"Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others"

"To state the facts frankly is not to despair the future nor indict the past. The prudent heir takes careful inventory of his legacies and gives a faithful accounting to those whom he owes an obligation of trust"

"The best road to progress is freedom's road"

"The basic problems facing the world today are not susceptible to a military solution"

"Sure it's a big job; but I don't know anyone who can do it better than I can"

"Politics is like football; if you see daylight, go through the hole"

"Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity"

"Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures"

"Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process"

"Modern cynics and skeptics... see no harm in paying those to whom they entrust the minds of their children a smaller wage than is paid to those to whom they entrust the care of their plumbing"

"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind"

"Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate"

"Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans - born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace"

"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"

"Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage the arts and commerce"

"Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other"

"I'm an idealist without illusions"

"I'm always rather nervous about how you talk about women who are active in politics, whether they want to be talked about as women or as politicians"

"I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House - with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone"

"I think 'Hail to the Chief' has a nice ring to it"

"I am not the Catholic candidate for President. I am the Democratic Party's candidate for President, who happens also to be a Catholic"

"History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside"

"Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm"

"Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes... can no longer be of concern to great powers alone"

"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"

"Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security"

"If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him"

"The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all"

Born as	John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Occup.	President
From	USA
Born	May 29, 1917 Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	November 22, 1963 Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Cause	Assassinated
Aged	46 years

John F. Kennedy Biography

94 Famous quotes by John F. Kennedy