John F. Kennedy Quotes - Thirty-fifth President of the USA
John F. Kennedy Quotes: John Fitzgerald Kennedy (29 May 1917 – 22 November 1963) was the 35th President of the United States, a brother of Robert F. Kennedy and Ted Kennedy, and the first husband of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
John F. Kennedy Quotes
1. Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
― John F. Kennedy
2. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.
― John F. Kennedy
3. A child miseducated is a child lost.
― John F. Kennedy
4. The human mind is our fundamental resource.
― John F. Kennedy
5. Our deep spiritual confidence that this nation will survive the perils of today – which may well be with us for decades to come – compels us to invest in our nation’s future, to consider and meet our obligations to our children and the numberless generations that will follow.
― John F. Kennedy
6. Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
― John F. Kennedy
7. We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.
― John F. Kennedy
8. If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.
― John F. Kennedy
9. The farmer is the only man in our economy who buys everything at retail, sells everything at wholesale, and pays the freight both ways.
― John F. Kennedy
10. And is not peace, in the last analysis, basically a matter of human rights—the right to live out our lives without fear of devastation—the right to breathe air as nature provided it—the right of future generations to a healthy existence?
― John F. Kennedy
11. I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered together at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.
― John F. Kennedy
12. The supreme reality of our time is the vulnerability of this planet.
― John F. Kennedy
13. Victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan.
― John F. Kennedy
14. Liberty without learning is always in peril; learning without liberty is always in vain.
― John F. Kennedy
15. The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie -- deliberate, contrived, and dishonest -- but the myth -- persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
― John F. Kennedy
16. We must know all the facts and hear all the alternatives and listen to all the criticisms. Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors. For the Bill of Rights is the guardian of our security as well as our liberty.
― John F. Kennedy
17. When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man’s concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
― John F. Kennedy
18. But peace does not rest in the charters and covenants alone. It lies in the hearts and minds of all people. So let us not rest all our hopes on parchment and on paper, let us strive to build peace, a desire for peace, a willingness to work for peace in the hearts and minds of all of our people. I believe that we can. I believe the problems of human destiny are not beyond the reach of human beings.
― John F. Kennedy
19. Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.
― John F. Kennedy
20. We must use time as a tool, not as a crutch.
― John F. Kennedy
21. The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds.
― John F. Kennedy
22. One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.
― John F. Kennedy
23. In the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding on the back of the tiger ended up inside.
― John F. Kennedy
24. The life of the arts... is a test of the quality of a nation's civilization.
― John F. Kennedy
25. Every dollar released from taxation, that is spent or invested, will create a new job and a new salary.
― John F. Kennedy
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