John F. Kennedy Quotes
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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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We have had our failures, but so have others, even if they do not admit them. And they may be less public.
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The quality and spirit of our own society must justify and support our efforts abroad.
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I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House - with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.
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Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.
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There are indications because of new inventions, that 10, 15, or 20 nations will have a nuclear capacity, including Red China, by the end of the Presidential office in 1964. This is extremely serious. . . I think the fate not only of our own civilization, but I think the fate of world and the future of the human race, is involved in preventing a nuclear war.
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If vital interests under duress can be preserved by peaceful means, negotiations will find that out. If our adversary will accept nothing-less than a concession of our rights, negotiations will find that out. And if negotiations are to take place, this nation cannot abdicate to its adversaries the task of choosing the forum and the framework and the time.
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I am not the Catholic candidate for President. I am the Democratic Party's candidate for President, who happens also to be a Catholic.
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There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.
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This Nation was founded by men of many nations and backgrounds. It was founded on the principle that all men are created equal, and that the rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.
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I don't think the intelligence reports are all that hot. Some days I get more out of the New York Times.
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The path we have chosen for the present is full of hazards, as all paths are. The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.
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I am the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris, and I have enjoyed it.
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A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is not likely to have what it takes to make a living. Today's military rejects include tomorrow's hard-core unemployed.
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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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I believe in a president whose religious views are his own private affair, neither imposed by him upon the nation or imposed by the nation upon him as a condition to holding that office.
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This is not the land of my birth, but it is the land for which I hold the greatest affection, and I certainly will come back in the springtime
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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.
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While we shall never weary in the defense of freedom, neither shall we ever abandon the pursuit of peace.
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As they say on my own Cape Cod, a rising tide lifts all the boats. And a partnership, by definition, serves both partners, without domination or unfair advantage. Together we have been partners in adversity - let us also be partners in prosperity.
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I'm an idealist without illusions.
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Our Constitution wisely assigns both joint and separate roles to each branch of the government; and a President and a Congress who hold each other in mutual respect will neither permit nor attempt any trespass.
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As the idealism of our youth has served world peace, so can it serve the domestic tranquility.
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A copy of the statement I am making tonight concerning developments in Cuba and the reaction of my Government thereto has been handed to your Ambassador in Washington. In view of the gravity of the developments to which I refer, I want you to know immediately and accurately the position of my Government in this matter.