Quotes from John F. Kennedy

War and hunger and ignorance and despair know no religious barriers.

The new and terrible dangers which man has created can only be controlled by man.

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.

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The rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God

O God, Thy Sea Is So Great And My Boat Is So Small

If there is a lesson from the lives of the men John Kennedy depicts in this book, if there is a lesson from his life and from his death, it is that in this world of ours none of us can afford to be lookers-on, the critics standing on the sidelines.

All of us have the same percentage of salt in our blood in our sweat and in our tears and when we go back to the sea we go back whense we came

Always forgive your enemies but never forget their names

My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today - and in fact we have forgotten.

We stand for freedom. That is our conviction for ourselves; that is our only commitment to others.