Quotes from John F. Kennedy

The wave of the future is not the conquest of the world by a single dogmatic creed but the liberation of the diverse energies of free nations and free men.

The farmer is the only man in our economy who buys everything at retail, sells everything at wholesale, and pays the freight both ways.

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

Show me a man with a great golf game, and I'll show you a man who has been neglecting something.

The world was not meant to be a prison in which man awaits his execution.

For without belittling the courage with which men have died, we should not forget those acts of courage with which men have lived.

I think 'Hail to the Chief' has a nice ring to it.

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.

I'm always rather nervous about how you talk about women who are active in politics, whether they want to be talked about as women or as politicians.

If men and women are in chains anywhere in the world, then freedom is endangered everywhere.

We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out of work, they have the talent to put those men back to work.

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

In a very real sense, it will not be one man going to the moon it will be an entire nation. For all of us must work to put him there.

If we fail to encourage physical development and prowess, we will undermine our capcity for thought, for work, and for use of those skills vital to an expanding and complex America.

Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.

Whether they be young in spirit, or young in age, the members of the Democratic Party must never lose that youthful zest for new ideas and for a better world, which has made us great.

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.

Domestic policy can only defeat us; foreign policy can kill us.

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 must use time as a tool, not as a couch.

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.

If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.

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.

Art establishes the basic human truths which must serve as the touchstone of our judgement.