John F Kennedy Quotes

And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.

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

I don't think the intelligence reports are all that hot. Some days I get more out of the New York Times.

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

Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource.

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

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.

The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men who can dream of things that never were.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

Liberty without learning is always in peril; learning without liberty is always in vain.

Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.

Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind.

"The great French Marshall Lyautey once asked his gardener to plant a tree. The gardener objected that the tree was slow growing and would not reach maturity for 100 years. The Marshall replied, 'In that case, there is no time to lose; plant it this afternoon!'"

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

A child miseducated is a child lost.

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.

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!"

I am the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris, and I have enjoyed it.

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

Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life.

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.

Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out of work, they have the talent to put those men back to work.