Quotes

“Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.” John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“I am not the Catholic candidate for President. I am the Democratic Party's candidate for President, who happens also to be a Catholic.” John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“There is always inequality in life. Some men are killed in a war and some men are wounded and some men never leave the country. Life is unfair.” John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside.” John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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

“Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans - born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace.” John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“Politics is like football; if you see daylight, go through the hole.” John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“To state the facts frankly is not to despair the future nor indict the past. The prudent heir takes careful inventory of his legacies and gives a faithful accounting to those whom he owes an obligation of trust.” John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“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.” John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.” John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.” John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“I'm an idealist without illusions.” John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“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.” John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.” John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.” John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.” John Fitzgerald 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 Fitzgerald Kennedy

“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.” John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“The United States has to move very fast to even stand still.” John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“Khrushchev reminds me of the tiger hunter who has picked a place on the wall to hang the tiger's skin long before he has caught the tiger. This tiger has other ideas.” John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes... can no longer be of concern to great powers alone.” John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“I don't think the intelligence reports are all that hot. Some days I get more out of the New York Times.” John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.” John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“If anyone is crazy enough to want to kill a president of the United States, he can do it. All he must be prepared to do is give his life for the president's.” John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.” John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty, and all forms of human life.” John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both.” John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.” John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“There are many people in the world who really don't understand-or say they don't-what is the great issue between the free world and the Communist world. Let them come to Berlin!” John Fitzgerald Kennedy