Quotes from John F. Kennedy
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
- John F. Kennedy
If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. [Inaugural Address, January 20 1961]
- John F. Kennedy
Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men. [Quoting Reverend Phillips Brooks, during Remarks at Presidential Prayer Breakfast, February 7 1963]
- John F. Kennedy
One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.
- John F. Kennedy
A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas have endurance without death.
- John F. Kennedy
Liberty without Learning is always in peril and Learning without Liberty is always in vain.
- John F. Kennedy
Now is the time...for this nation to take a clearly leading role in space achievement, which in many ways may hold the key to our future on Earth.
- John F. Kennedy
The time is not far off when many nations in many parts of the world of many political shades and commitments will possess nuclear or even thermonuclear weapons.
- John F. Kennedy
Those whom nature hath so joined together, let no man put asunder
- John F. Kennedy
Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm.
- John F. Kennedy
While they came from a variety of religious backgrounds and held a wide variety of religious beliefs, each of our presidents in his own way has placed a special trust in God.
- John F. Kennedy
My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
- John F. Kennedy