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— John F. Kennedy
If I had to live my life over again, I would have a different father, a different wife and a different religion.
— John F. Kennedy
People often tell me I could be a great man. I'd rather be a good man.
— John F. Kennedy Jr.
Failure has no friends.
— John F. Kennedy
Show me a man with a great golf game, and I'll show you a man who has been neglecting something.
— John F. Kennedy
I can evade questions without help; what I need is answers
— John F. Kennedy
One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.
— John F. Kennedy
The credit of success is claimed by all, while a disaster is attributed to one alone.
— John F. Kennedy
There comes a point where you see no evidence that the carrot and diplomacy are working.
— John F. Kennedy
Anyone who is honestly seeking a job and can't find it, deserves the attention of the United States government, and the people.
— John F. Kennedy
Physical Fitness is the basis for all other forms of excellence.
— John F. Kennedy
A medical revolution has extended the life of our elder citizens without providing the dignity and security those later years deserve.
— John F. Kennedy
Knowledge of the oceans is more than a matter of curiosity. Our very survival may hinge upon it.
— John F. Kennedy
If at times our actions seem to make life difficult for others, it is only because history has made life difficult for us all.
— John F. Kennedy
Time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life.
— John F. Kennedy
Do you realize the responsibility I carry? I'm the only person standing between Richard Nixon and the White House.
— John F. Kennedy
The mere absence of war is not peace.
— John F. Kennedy
Richard Cromwell was not fit to wear the mantle of his uncle.
— John F. Kennedy
We prefer world law in the age of self-determination to world war in the age of mass extermination.
— John F. Kennedy
The American Labor Movement has consistently demonstrated its devotion to the public interest. It is, and has been, good for all America.
— John F. Kennedy
There is inherited wealth in this country and also inherited poverty.
— John F. Kennedy
The American, by nature, is optimistic. He is experimental, an inventor and a builder who builds best when called upon to build greatly.
— John F. Kennedy
The great revolution in the history of man, past, present and future, is the revolution of those determined to be free.
— John F. Kennedy
Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.
— John F. Kennedy
Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.
— John F. Kennedy
Our privileges can be no greater than our obligations. The protection of our rights can endure no longer than the performance of our responsibilities.
— John F. Kennedy
Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which divide us.
— John F. Kennedy
Irrational barriers and ancient prejudices fall quickly when the question of survival itself is at stake.
— John F. Kennedy
Victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan.[News conference, April 21 1961] — John F. Kennedy
I know there is a God - I see the storm coming and I see his hand in it - if he has a place then I am ready - we see the hand.
— John F. Kennedy
Justice delayed is democracy denied.
— John F. Kennedy
Neither smiles nor frowns, neither good intentions nor harsh words, are a substitute for strength.
— John F. Kennedy
We dare not forget that we are the heirs of that first revolution.
— John F. Kennedy
In giving rights to others which belong to them, we give rights to ourselves and to our country
— John F. Kennedy
My call is not to those who believe they belong to the past. My call is to those who believe in the future.
— John F. Kennedy
For without belittling the courage with which men have died, we should not forget those acts of courage with which men have lived.
— John F. Kennedy
You're in there with me. Personally.
— 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
Any system of government will work when everything is going well. It's the system that functions in the pinches that survive
— John F. Kennedy
Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.
— John F. Kennedy
Reagan is described as delivering Barry Goldwater's doctrine with John F. Kennedy's technique.
— H.W. Brands
The future promise of any nation can be directly measured by the present prospects of its youth.
— John F. Kennedy
Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life, I find.[Quoted by Theodore Sorensen in 'Kennedy'] — John F. Kennedy
But however close we sometimes seem to that dark and final abyss, let no man of peace and freedom despair. For he does not stand alone.
— John F. Kennedy
Be strong and of good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed.
— John F. Kennedy
The only significance of analyzing the past is that it does give us some key to the future.
— John F. Kennedy
The Greeks understood that mind and body must develop in harmounious proportions to produce a creative intelligence.
— John F. Kennedy
I'm an idealist without illusions.
— John F. Kennedy
When we got into office, the thing that surprised me most was to find that things were just as bad as we'd been saying they were.
— John F. Kennedy
If (my grandfather) hadn't left, I'd be working over here at the Albatross Company.
— John F. Kennedy
I don't think the intelligence reports are all that hot. Some days I get more out of the New York Times.
— John F. Kennedy
There are costs and risks to a program of action, but they are far less than the long range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.
— John F. Kennedy
Don't pray for an easy life, pray to be a stronger man.
— John F. Kennedy
You never know what's hit you. A gunshot is the perfect way.
— John F. Kennedy
A child miseducated is a child lost.
— John F. Kennedy
A wall is a hell of a lot better than a war.
— John F. Kennedy
A committee is twelve men doing the work of one.
— John F. Kennedy
Peace does not rest in charters and covenants alone. It lies in the hearts and minds of the people.
— John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy once said: 'The definition of happiness is the full use of your powers, along the lines of excellence.
— Robin S. Sharma
Life's not fair but not always to your disadvantage.
— John F. Kennedy
A police state finds that it cannot command the grain to grow.
— John F. Kennedy
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.
— John F. Kennedy
Arms alone are not enough to keep the peace. It must be kept by men.
— John F. Kennedy
The best road to progress is freedom's road.
— John F. Kennedy
My experience in government is that when things are non-controversial and beautifully coordinated, there is not much going on.
— John F. Kennedy
The poet and the politician have this in common: their greatness depends on the courage with which they face the challenges of life.
— John F. Kennedy
Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride.
— John F. Kennedy
Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.
— John F. Kennedy
Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource.
— John F. Kennedy
Political action is the highest responsibility of a citizen.
— John F. Kennedy
Probably the greatest concentration of talent and genius in this house except for perhaps those times when Thomas Jefferson ate alone.
— John F. Kennedy
Most cities are nouns. New York's a verb.
— John F. Kennedy
Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave.
— John F. Kennedy
If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.
— John F. Kennedy
In a world of danger and trial, peace is our deepest aspiration.
— John F. Kennedy
History will never accept difficulties as an excuse.
— John F. Kennedy
We support the security of both Israel and her neighbors.
— John F. Kennedy
War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.
— John F. Kennedy
I was never accepted into certain parts of New England society because my grandfather was an Irish barkeep.
— John F. Kennedy
I'm shadowboxing in a match the shadow is always going to win. (as a young man battling his deceased brother's heroic legacy)
— 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
... we will do this not because it is easy, but because it is hard ...
— John F. Kennedy
Wherever there is smoke there is a good smoke machine.
— John F. Kennedy
The ancient Greek definition of happiness was the full use of your powers along lines of excellence.
— John F. Kennedy
No government or social system is so evil that its people must be considered as lacking in virtue.
— John F. Kennedy
We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.
— John F. Kennedy
We can have faith in the future only if we have faith in ourselves.
— John F. Kennedy
It is not our wealth that built our roads, but it is our roads that built our wealth.
— John F. Kennedy
Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.
— John F. Kennedy
