John F. Kennedy Quotes
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Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.
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It cannot be surprising that, as resistance within Cuba grows, refugees have been using whatever means are available to return and support their countrymen in the continuing struggle for freedom. Where people are denied the right of choice, recourse to such struggle is the only means of achieving their liberties.
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Certain other societies may respect the rule of force - we respect the rule of law.
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The peace-keeping machinery of the United Nations cannot work without the help of the smaller nations, nations whose forces threaten no one and whose forces can thus help create a world in which no nation is threatened. Great powers have their responsibilities and their burdens, but the smaller nations of the world must fulfill their obligations as well.
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To state the facts frankly is not to despair the future nor indict the past. The prudent heir takes careful inventory of his legacies and gives a faithful accounting to those whom he owes an obligation of trust.
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For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.
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The pay is good and I can walk to work.
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The truth doesn't die. The desire for liberty cannot be fully suppressed.
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We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth.
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Two thousand years ago the proudest boast was 'civis Romanus sum.' Today, in the world of freedom, the proudest boast is 'Ich bin ein Berliner.'
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Today we are committed to a worldwide struggle to promote and protect the rights of all who wish to be free. And when Americans are sent to Vietnam or West Berlin, we do not ask for whites only. It ought to be possible, therefore, for American students of any color to attend any public institution they select without having to be backed up by troops.
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In a time of domestic crisis, men of goodwill and generosity should be able to unite regardless of party or politics.
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I can assure you that every degree of mind and spirit that I possess will be devoted to the long-range interests of the United States and to the cause of freedom around the world.
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My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go straight.
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It is increasingly clear that no matter what party is in power, so long as our national security needs keep rising, an economy hampered by restrictive tax rates will never produce enough jobs or enough profits.
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If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
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Khrushchev reminds me of the tiger hunter who has picked a place on the wall to hang the tiger's skin long before he has caught the tiger. This tiger has other ideas.
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The President of a great democracy such as ours, and the editors of great newspapers such as yours, owe a common obligation to the people: an obligation to present the facts, to present them with candor, and to present them in perspective.
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My call is not to those who believe they belong to the past. My call is to those who believe in the future.
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I hope that your Government will refrain from any action which would widen or deepen this already grave crisis and that we can agree to resume the path of peaceful negotiation.
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Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both.
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The quality and spirit of our own society must justify and support our efforts abroad.
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And as Americans know from our history on our own old frontier, gun battles are caused by outlaws, and not by officers of the peace.
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Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.