Quotes from John F. Kennedy

Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

Liberty without Learning is always in peril and Learning without Liberty is always in vain.

Freedom is indivisible, and when one man is enslaved, all are not free.

No man who enters upon the office to which I have succeeded can fail to recognize how every president of the United States has placed special reliance upon his faith in God.

Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man

We stand today on the edge of a new frontier - the frontier of the 1960's - a frontier of unknown opportunities and perils - a frontier of unfulfilled hopes and threats.

Here on earth, God's work must surely be our own.

We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us thru that darkness to a safe and sane future.

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.

I look forward to an America which will not be afraid of grace and beauty...an America which will reward achievement in the arts as we reward achievement in business or statecraft.

Any system of government will work when everything is going well. It's the system that functions in the pinches that survive

There is no sense in agreeing or desiring that the United States take an affirmative position in outer space, unless we are prepared to do the work and bear the burdens to make it successful.