John F. Kennedy Quotes

"Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names."
-John F. Kennedy in Enemies quotes.

"We need men who can dream of things that never were."
-John F. Kennedy in Dreams quotes.

"A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on."
-John F. Kennedy

"Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate."
-John F. Kennedy

"We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth."
-John F. Kennedy in Art quotes.

"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable."
-John F. Kennedy

"Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other."
-John F. Kennedy in Leadership quotes.

"Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind."
-John F. Kennedy

"It is our task in our time and in our generation to hand down undiminished to those who come after us, as was handed down to us by those who went before, the natural wealth and beauty which is ours."
-John F. Kennedy

"For 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 futures, and we are all mortal."
-John F. Kennedy

"There will always be dissident voices heard in the land expresing opposition without alternatives, finding fault but never favor, perceiving gloom on every side, and seeking influence without responsibility."
-John F. Kennedy

"The ancient Greek definition of happiness was the full use of your powers along lines of excellence."
-John F. Kennedy in Excellence quotes.

"The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger - but recognize the opportunity."
-John F. Kennedy in Opportunity quotes.

"We believe that an artist, in order to be true to himself and his work, must be a free man."
-John F. Kennedy

"Change is the law of life; and those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future."
-John F. Kennedy

"The quality of American life must keep pace with the quantity of American goods. This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor."
-John F. Kennedy

"When we got into office, the thing that surprised me the most was that things were as bad as we'd been saying they were."
-John F. Kennedy

"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."
-John F. Kennedy

"Conformity is the jailer of freedom, and the enemy of growth."
-John F. Kennedy

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

"When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses."
-John F. Kennedy

"If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity."
-John F. Kennedy

"Do you realize the responsibility I carry? I'm the only person standing between Nixon and the White House."
-John F. Kennedy

"If I am to die, this is the week for it. -- John F. Kennedy (to aide John McClone in response to a CIA report about rumours of an assassination plot), June 1962."
-John F. Kennedy

"I believe this nation should commit itself, to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth."
-John F. 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 F. Kennedy

"Now I understand why Henry VIII started his own church."
-John F. Kennedy