John F. Kennedy
US Democratic politician (1917 - 1963)
Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm.
Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm.
We need men who can dream of things that never were.
We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth.
Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm.
Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind.
...probably the greatest concentration of talent and genius in this house except for perhaps those times when Thomas Jefferson ate alone.
If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
And so, my fellow americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
All this will not be finished in the first 100 days. Nor will it be finished in the first 1,000 days, nor in the life of this administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin.
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
I believe this nation should commit itself, to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth.
Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty.
Too often we...enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
The greatest enemy of the truth is very often not the lie--delierate, contrived, and dishonest, but the myth persistent, peruasive, and unrealistic. Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie -- deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
Liberty without learning is always in peril; learning without liberty is always in vain.
There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.