The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Unless liberty flourishes in all lands, it cannot flourish in one. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Liberty without Learning is always in peril and Learning without Liberty is always in vain. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Freedom is indivisible, and when one man is enslaved, all are not free. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Every time that we try to lift a problem from our own shoulders, and shift that problem to the hands of the… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. [Inaugural Address, January 20 1961] ” — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The wave of the future is not the conquest of the world by a single dogmatic creed but the liberation of the… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I can assure you that every degree of mind and spirit that I possess will be devoted to the long-range interests of… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
And this Nation, for all its hopes and all its boasts, will not be fully free until all its citizens are free. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The most powerful single force in the world today is neither Communism nor Capitalism, neither the H-bomb nor the guided missile --… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The United States of America has no intention of finishing second in space. This effort is expensive-but it pays its way for… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Food is strength, and food is peace, and food is freedom, and food is a helping hand to people around the world… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The great battleground for the defense and expansion of freedom today is the whole southern half of the globe... the lands of… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The basis of self-government and freedom requires the development of character and self-restraint and perseverance and the long view. And these are… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I ask particularly that those of you who are now in school will prepare yourselves to bear the burden of leadership over… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
But Goethe tells us in his greatest poem that Faust lost the liberty of his soul when he said to the passing… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
'The green beret' is again becoming a symbol of excellence, a badge of courage, a mark of distinction in the fight for… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The path we have chosen for the present is full of hazards, as all paths are. The cost of freedom is always… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship,… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44 would have kept Jefferson from writing the… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Few nations do more than the United States to assist their least fortunate citizens-to make certain that no child, no elderly or… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, in human liberty as the source of national action, in the… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
As a great democratic society, we have a special responsibility to the arts. For art is the great democrat, calling forth creative… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The Greeks understood that mind and body must develop in harmonious proportions to produce a creative intelligence. And so did the most… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The essence of Vanderbilt is still learning, the essence of its outlook is still liberty, and liberty and learning will be and… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“From time to time our national history has been marred by forgetfulness of the Jeffersonian principle that restraint is at the heart… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
We shall pay any price, bear any burden, to assure the survival and the success of liberty. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
If men and women are in chains anywhere in the world, then freedom is endangered everywhere. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Struggle for freedom. Where people are denied the right of choice, recourse to such struggle is the only means of achieving their… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“We shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and success of… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share
We stand today on the edge of a new frontier - the frontier of the 1960's - a frontier of unknown opportunities and perils… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share
We will neglect our cities to our peril, for in neglecting them we neglect the nation. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share
We must recognize that every nation determines its policies in terms of its own interests. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share
Someone always needs rescuing, yet there's only one person who ever seems to understand you. It's a lot like being Lassie. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share
Student loans have been helpful to many. But they offer neither incentive nor assistance to those students who, by reason of family or other… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share
There comes a point where you see no evidence that the carrot and diplomacy are working. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share
Suspicion on one side breeds suspicion on the other, and new weapons beget counter-weapons. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share
We have some of the most influential Members of Congress here today, and I do hope that we can get this appropriation for these… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share
Disarmament without checks is but a shadow - and a community without law is but a shell. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share
This is one country. It has become one country because all of us and all the people who came here had an equal chance… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share
“The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share
Peace does not rest in the charters and covenants alone. It lies in the hearts and minds of all people. So let us not… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share