John F. Kennedy

US Democratic politician (1917 - 1963)

Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm.

John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy, speech in Dublin, Ireland, June 28, 1963

US Democratic politician (1917 - 1963)

We need men who can dream of things that never were.

John F. Kennedy, speech in Dublin, Ireland, June 28, 1963

John F. Kennedy, October 26, 1963

US Democratic politician (1917 - 1963)

We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth.

John F. Kennedy, October 26, 1963

John F. Kennedy

US Democratic politician (1917 - 1963)

We must use time as a tool, not as a crutch.

John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

US Democratic politician (1917 - 1963)

Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm.

John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy, Speech to UN General Assembly, Sept. 25, 1961

US Democratic politician (1917 - 1963)

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

John F. Kennedy, Speech to UN General Assembly, Sept. 25, 1961

John F. Kennedy, Describing a dinner for Nobel Prize winners, 1962

US Democratic politician (1917 - 1963)

...probably the greatest concentration of talent and genius in this house except for perhaps those times when Thomas Jefferson ate alone.

John F. Kennedy, Describing a dinner for Nobel Prize winners, 1962

John F. Kennedy, Inaugural address, January 20, 1961

US Democratic politician (1917 - 1963)

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

John F. Kennedy, Inaugural address, January 20, 1961

John F. Kennedy, Inaugural address, January 20, 1961

US Democratic politician (1917 - 1963)

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.

John F. Kennedy, Inaugural address, January 20, 1961

John F. Kennedy, In a speech at the White House, 1962

US Democratic politician (1917 - 1963)

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

John F. Kennedy, In a speech at the White House, 1962

John F. Kennedy, inaugural address, 1961

US Democratic politician (1917 - 1963)

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.

John F. Kennedy, inaugural address, 1961

John F. Kennedy

US Democratic politician (1917 - 1963)

The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy, in a speech on May 25, 1961

US Democratic politician (1917 - 1963)

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.

John F. Kennedy, in a speech on May 25, 1961

John F. Kennedy

US Democratic politician (1917 - 1963)

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.

John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

US Democratic politician (1917 - 1963)

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

John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

US Democratic politician (1917 - 1963)

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

US Democratic politician (1917 - 1963)

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.

John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

US Democratic politician (1917 - 1963)

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.

John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

US Democratic politician (1917 - 1963)

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

John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

US Democratic politician (1917 - 1963)

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.

John F. Kennedy