John F. Kennedy
Israel was not created in order to disappear. Israel will endure and flourish.Collection: Israel
The new and terrible dangers which man has created can only be controlled by man.Collection: Men
Any danger spot is tenable if men, brave men, will make it so.Collection: Courage
Suspicion on one side breeds suspicion on the other, and new weapons beget counter-weapons.Collection: Weapons
There is no city in the United States in which I can get a warmer welcome and fewer votes than Columbia, Ohio.Collection: War
A wall is a hell of a lot better than a war.Collection: Wall
Freedom is indivisible, and when one man is enslaved, all are not free. When all are free, then we can look forward to that day when this city will be joined as one and this country and this great Continent of Europe in a peaceful and hopeful globe. When that day finally comes, as it will, the people of West Berlin can take sober satisfaction in the fact that they were in the front lines for almost two decades. All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin, and, therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words Ich bin ein Berliner.Collection: Country
I was never accepted into certain parts of New England society because my grandfather was an Irish barkeep.Collection: Grandfather
If an American, because his skin is dark, cannot eat lunch in a restaurant open to the public, if he cannot send his children to the best public school available, if he cannot vote for the public officials who represent him, if, in short, he cannot enjoy the full and free life which all of us want, then who among us would be content to have the color of his skin changed and stand in his place? Who among us would then be content with the counsels of patience and delay?Collection: Children
If this capsule history of our progress teaches us anything, it is that man, in his quest for knowledge and progress, is determined and cannot be deterred.Collection: Men
Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which divide us.Collection: Sides
The complacent, the self-indulgent, the soft societies are about to be swept away with the debris of history.Collection: Self
Never have the nations of the world had so much to lose, or so much to gain. Together we shall save our planet, or together we shall perish in its flames.Collection: Teamwork
We believe that when men reach beyond this planet, they should leave their national differences behind them.Collection: Believe
If sometimes our great artists have been the most critical of our society, it is because their sensitivity and their concern for justice, which must motivate any true artist, makes him aware that our nation falls short of its highest potential. I see little of more importance to the future of our country and our civilization than full recognition of the place of the artist.Collection: Country
I would encourage every American to walk as often as possible. It's more than healthy; it's fun.Collection: Fun
The fact that we live in a world that moves crisis by crisis does not make a growing interest in outdoor activities frivolous, or ample provision for them unworthy of the nation's concern.Collection: Moving
I am the one person who can truthfully say, I got my job through the New York Times.Collection: Jobs
Acting on our own, by ourselves, we cannot establish justice throughout the world, but joined with other free nations, we can ... assist the developing nations to throw off the yoke of poverty.Collection: Justice
There are no 'white' or 'coloured' signs on the foxholes or graveyards of battle.Collection: White
As far as the job of President goes, its rewarding and I've given before this group the definition of happiness for the Greeks. I'll define it again: the full use of your powers along lines of excellence. I find, therefore, that the Presidency provides some happiness.Collection: Happiness
It is no contradiction - the most important single thing we can do to stimulate investment in today's economy is to raise consumption by major reduction ofindividualincometaxrates.Collection: Important
All my life Ive known better than to depend on the experts. How could I have been so stupid, to let them go ahead?Collection: Life
A technological revolution on the farm has led to an output explosion--but we have not yet learned to harness that explosion usefully, while protecting our farmers' right to full parity incomeCollection: Income
If more politicians knew poetry, and more poets knew politics, I am convinced the world would be a little better place in which to live.Collection: Inspirational
With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking his blessing and his help, but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own.Collection: Love
By the age of six the average child will have completed the basic American education.... From television, the child will have learned how to pick a lock, commit a fairly elaborate bank holdup, prevent wetness all day long, get the laundry twice as white, and kill people with a variety of sophisticated armaments.Collection: Children
Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by manCollection: Destiny
Food is strength, and food is peace, and food is freedom, and food is a helping hand to people around the world whose good will and friendship we want.Collection: Hands
Freedom is indivisible, and when one man is enslaved, all are not free.Collection: Freedom
I want every American to be free to stand up for his rights, even if sometimes he has to sit down for them.Collection: Freedom
There are only two realities in life: death and laughter. We can do nothing to change the former, so we might as well do all we can to save the latter.Collection: Laughter
I ask particularly that those of you who are now in school will prepare yourselves to bear the burden of leadership over the next 40 years here in the United States, and make sure that the United States - which I believe almost alone has maintained watch and ward for freedom - that the United States meet its responsibility. That is a wonderful challenge for us as a people.Collection: Believe
The American presidency will demand more than ringing manifestos issued from the rear of the battle. It will demand that the President place himself in the very thick of the fight; that he care passionately about the fate of the people he leads .Collection: Fighting
I do ask every publisher, every editor, and every newsman in the nation to reexamine his own standards, and to recognize the nature of our country's peril. In time of war, the government and the press have customarily joined in an effort based largely on self-discipline, to prevent unauthorized disclosures to the enemy. In time of "clear and present danger," the courts have held that even the privileged rights of the First Amendment must yield to the public's need for national security.Collection: Country
Not every child has an equal talent or an equal ability or equal motivation, but they should have the equal right to develop their talent and their ability and their motivation, to make something of themselves.Collection: Children
But if the life will not be easy, it will be rich and satisfying. For every young American who participates in the Peace Corps-who works in a foreign land-will know that he or she is sharing in the great common task of bringing to man that decent way of life which is the foundation of freedom and a condition of peace.Collection: Men
What's the use of being Irish if the world doesn't break your heart?Collection: Heart
The basis of effective government is public confidence.Collection: Ethical Standards
Harvard gave me an education, but Junior Chamber gave me an education for life.Collection: Juniors
Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. Our requirements for world leadership, our hopes for economic growth, and the demands of citizenship itself in an era such as this all require the maximum development of every young American's capacity. The human mind is our fundamental resource.Collection: Education
Our Constitution wisely assigns both joint and separate roles to each branch of the government; and a President and a Congress who hold each other in mutual respect will neither permit nor attempt any trespass.Collection: Government
The margin is narrow, but the responsibility is clear.Collection: Responsibility
If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for more wise men reading more good books in more public libraries. These libraries should be open to all — except the censor. We must know all the facts and hear all the alternatives and listen to all the criticisms. Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors. For the Bill of Rights is the guardian of our security as well as our liberty.Collection: Wise
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.Collection: Future
An economy hampered by restrictive tax rates will never produce enough jobs or enough profitsCollection: Jobs
Arms alone are not enough to keep the peace. It must be kept by men.Collection: Peace