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Men Quotes by John F. Kennedy

104 Men quotes by John F. Kennedy

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A strong man praying for strength appears in Kennedy’s words about facing crises and building courage. He highlights how men can both create power and question it, and he warns that automation must not leave men without purpose. The quotes also stress that peace requires more than arms and needs men’s effort.

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Any danger spot is tenable if men, brave men, will make it so.

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Those whom nature hath so joined together, let no man put asunder

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If you face a man's job, find a woman!

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Great crises produce great men, and great deeds of courage.

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

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A committee is twelve men doing the work of one.

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Great crisis produce great men and great deeds of courage.

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Freedom is indivisible, and when one man is enslaved, all are not free.

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First I believe that this Nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man…

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

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

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Democracy is the superior form of government, because it is based on a respect for man as a reasonable being.

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The great revolution in the history of man, past, present and future, is the revolution of those determined to be free.

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The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.

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There's a plot in this country to enslave every man, woman, and child. Before I leave this high and noble office, I…

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Automation does not need to be our enemy. I think machines can make life easier for men, if men do not let…

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I believe in an America where religious intolerance will someday end... where every man has the same right to attend or not…

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Now, as never before, hundreds of millions of men and women-who had formerly believed that stoic resignation in the face of hunger…

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That is why the Aethenian law makers so decreed it a crime for any citizen to shrink from controversy. I am asking…

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If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more…

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Sailing has given me some of the most pleasant and exciting moments of my life. It also has taught me something of…

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The wave of the future is not the conquest of the world by a single dogmatic creed but the liberation of the…

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In the dark days and darker nights when England stood alone-and most men save Englishmen despaired of England's life-he [Churchill] mobilized the…

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There is always inequity in life. Some men are killed in war and some men are wounded; some men never leave the…

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The success of this Government, and thus the success of our Nation, depends in the last analysis upon the quality.of our career…

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The Republican nominee-to-be, of course, is also a young man. But his approach is as old as McKinley. His party is the…

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I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on…

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This nation was founded by men of many nations and backgrounds. It was founded on the principle that all men are created…

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I am talking about genuine peace, the kind of peace that makes life on earth worth living, the kind that enables men…

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Malthus argued a century and a half ago that man, by using up all his available resources, would forever press on the…

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For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life.…

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In whatever area in life one may meet the challenges of courage, whatever may be the sacrifices he faces if he follows…

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

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Man will be what he was born to be: free and independent.

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Don't pray for an easy life, pray to be a stronger man.

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There's an old saying. Never send a boy to do a man's job, send a lady.

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Arms alone are not enough to keep the peace. It must be kept by men.

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A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors, the men it remembers.

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

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All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the…

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We stand today on the edge of a new frontier - the frontier of the 1960's - a frontier of unknown opportunities and perils…

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We will neglect our cities to our peril, for in neglecting them we neglect the nation.

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We must recognize that every nation determines its policies in terms of its own interests.

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Someone always needs rescuing, yet there's only one person who ever seems to understand you. It's a lot like being Lassie.

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Student loans have been helpful to many. But they offer neither incentive nor assistance to those students who, by reason of family or other…

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Great crises produce great men, and great deeds of courage.

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There comes a point where you see no evidence that the carrot and diplomacy are working.

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Suspicion on one side breeds suspicion on the other, and new weapons beget counter-weapons.

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We have some of the most influential Members of Congress here today, and I do hope that we can get this appropriation for these…

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Disarmament without checks is but a shadow - and a community without law is but a shell.

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This is one country. It has become one country because all of us and all the people who came here had an equal chance…

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“The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent…

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Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm.

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Peace does not rest in the charters and covenants alone. It lies in the hearts and minds of all people. So let us not…

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