John F Kennedy Quotes And Sayings

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“Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.”
– 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

“Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm.”
– John F. Kennedy

“We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
– John F. Kennedy

“We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch – we are going back from whence we came.”
– John F. Kennedy

“We believe that if men have the talent to invent need machines that put men out of work, they have the talent to put those men back to work.”
– John F. Kennedy

“We can help make the world safe for diversity. For in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children’s future. And we are all mortal.”
– John F. Kennedy

“We can say with some assurance that, although children may be the victims of fate, they will not be the victims of our neglect.”
– John F. Kennedy

“We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things. Not because they are easy, but because they are hard.”
– John F. Kennedy

“We have come too far, we have sacrificed too much, to disdain the future now.”
– John F. Kennedy

“We have not fully recognized the difficulty facing a politician conscientiously desiring, in [Daniel] Webster’s words, ‘to push [his] skiff from the shore alone’ into a hostile and turbulent sea.”
– John F. Kennedy

“We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.”
– John F. Kennedy

“We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth.”
– John F. Kennedy

“We must think and act not only for the moment but for our time. I am reminded of the story of the great French Marshall Lyautey, who once asked his gardener to plant a tree. The gardener objected that the tree was slow growing and would not reach maturity for a hundred years. The Marshall replied, ‘In that case, there is no time to lose, plant it this afternoon.”
– John F. Kennedy

“We must use time as a tool, not as a crutch.”
– John F. Kennedy

“We need men who can dream of things that never were.”
– John F. Kennedy

“We should never negotiate out of fear, but we should never fear to negotiate.”
– John F. Kennedy

“We should not let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes.”
– John F. Kennedy

“What is objectionable, what is dangerous about extremists is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents.”
– John F. Kennedy

“What really counts is not the immediate act of courage or of valor, but those who bear the struggle day in and day out – not the sunshine patriots but those who are willing to stand for a long period of time.”
– John F. Kennedy

“What we are seeking, after all, is really very simple. It’s merely recognition that this is one nation and we are all one great people. Our origins may be different but our destiny is the same, our aspirations are identical. There can be no artificial distinctions, no arbitrary barriers, in securing these rights.”
– John F. Kennedy

“When power leads man toward 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 existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.”
– 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

“When written in Chinese, the word ‘crisis’ is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.”
– John F. Kennedy

“With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God‘s work must truly be our own.”
– John F. Kennedy

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