For plague and pestilence, plunder and pollution, the hazards of nature and the hunger of children are the foes of every nation.… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The exploration of space will go ahead, whether we join in it or not, and it is one of the great adventures… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Today, we need a nation of Minutemen, citizens who are not only prepared to take arms, but citizens who regard the preservation… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Easy money, sudden fortunes, increasingly powerful political machines and blatant corruption transformed much of the nation; and the Senate, as befits a… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
It shall be the policy of this nation to regard any nuclear missile launched from Cuba as an attack by the Soviet… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Word to the Nation: Guard zealously your right to serve in the Armed Forces, for without them, there will be no other… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Our nation is founded on the principal that observance of the law is the eternal safeguard of liberty and defiance of the… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The life of the arts is far from an interruption, a distraction, in the life of a nation, is close to the… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Should I become President...I will not risk American lives...by permitting any other nation to drag us into the wrong war at the… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
If sometimes our great artists have been the most critical of our society, it is because their sensitivity and their concern for… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
All over the world, particularly in the newer nations, young men are coming to power--men who are not bound by the traditions… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
That is the kind of America in which I believe. And it represents the kind of Presidency in which I believe -… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The effort to improve the conditions of man, however, is not a task for the few. It is the task of all… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
It is for these reasons that I believe we must expand day-care centers and provide other assistance which I have recommended to… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
There is little value in insuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it. And there is… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I do ask every publisher, every editor, and every newsman in the nation to reexamine his own standards, and to recognize the… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The deadly arms race, and the huge resources it absorbs, have too long overshadowed all else we must do. We must prevent… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The Family of Man is more than 3 billion strong. It lives in more than 100 nations. Most of its members are… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
A tired nation, said David Lloyd George, is a Tory nation, and the United States today cannot afford to be either tired… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The time is not far off when many nations in many parts of the world of many political shades and commitments will… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Abroad, the balance of power is shifting. There are new and more terrible weapons - new and uncertain nations - new pressures… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The great free nations of the world must take control of our monetary problems if these problems are not to take control… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Now is the time...for this nation to take a clearly leading role in space achievement, which in many ways may hold the… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The fact that we live in a world that moves crisis by crisis does not make a growing interest in outdoor activities… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Genuine peace must be the product of many nations, the sum of many acts. It must be dynamic, not static, changing to… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
And only the very courageous will be able to keep alive the spirit of individualism and dissent which gave birth to this… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
To each of us is entrusted the heavy responsibility of guiding the affairs of a democratic nation founded on Christian ideals. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society. ... There is little value in ensuring the survival of… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
We cannot expect that everyone, to use the phrase of a decade ago, will talk sense to the American people. But we… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Expansion and modernization of the nation's productive plant is essential to accelerate economic growth and to improve the international competitive position of… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
One-third of the world, it has been said, may be free- -but one-third is the victim of cruel repression--and the other one-… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
And so it is that I carry with me from this State to that high and lonely office to which I now… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
But colonialism in its harshest forms is not only the exploitation of new nations by old, of dark skins by light, or… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
This increase in the life span and in the number of our senior citizens presents this Nation with increased opportunities: the opportunity… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
So long as freedom from hunger is only half achieved, so long as two thirds of the nations have food deficits, no… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
By calling attention to 'a well regulated militia,' 'the security of the nation,' and the right of each citizen 'to keep and… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
To that world assembly of sovereign states, the United Nations, our last best hope in an age where the instruments of war… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I believe in an America that is on the march - an America respected by all nations, friends and foes alike -… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. Our requirements for world leadership, our hopes for… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
There are indications because of new inventions, that 10, 15, or 20 nations will have a nuclear capacity, including Red China, by… — 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
