People Quotes by John F. Kennedy

There can be no progress if people have no faith in tomorrow.

— John F. Kennedy

Peace does not rest in charters and covenants alone. It lies in the hearts and minds of the people.

— John F. Kennedy

Democracy may not be perfect, but at least I don't have to build a wall to keep my people in.

— John F. Kennedy

Only an educated and informed people will be a free people.

— John F. Kennedy

I need this parade like I need a hole in the head.

— John F. Kennedy

Above all, we are coming to understand that the arts incarnate the creativity of a free people.

— John F. Kennedy

The Federal Government is the people and the budget is a reflection of their need.

— John F. Kennedy

We hold the view that the people make the best judgment in the long run.

— John F. Kennedy

We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values.

— John F. Kennedy

There is no other airport in the world which serves so many people and so many airplanes. This is an extraordinary airport.…

— John F. Kennedy

Anyone who is honestly seeking a job and can't find it, deserves the attention of the United States government, and the people.

— John F. Kennedy

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

The efforts of governments alone will never be enough. In the end, the people must choose and the people must help themselves.

— John F. Kennedy

The function and responsibility of the President is to set before the American people the unfinished business, the things we must do…

— John F. Kennedy

Wealth is the means, and people are the ends. All our material riches will avail us little if we do not use…

— John F. Kennedy

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

Sometimes it just amazes me how many people desperately want to protect my personal information. Ten thousand reflections hide the true gem.…

— John F. Kennedy

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

Above all, we are coming to understand that the arts incarnate the creativity of a free people. When the creative impulse cannot…

— John F. Kennedy

In addition, the United States Delegation will suggest a series of steps to improve the United Nations machinery for the peaceful settlement…

— John F. Kennedy

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

— John F. Kennedy

For in a democracy, every citizen, regardless of his interest in politics, "hold office"; every one of us is in a position…

— John F. Kennedy

With all of the history of war, and the human race's history unfortunately has been a good deal more war than peace,…

— John F. Kennedy

Peaceful circulation has been interupted by barbed wire and concrete blocks. For a city or a people to be truly free, they…

— John F. Kennedy

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

It is with great satisfaction that I have signed into law the Social Security Amendments of 1961. They represent an additional step…

— John F. Kennedy

The very word "secrecy" is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed…

— John F. Kennedy

I think when we talk about corporal punishment, and we have to think about our own children, and we are rather reluctant,…

— John F. Kennedy

But I think the American people expect more from us than cries of indignation and attack. The times are too grave, the…

— John F. Kennedy

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

— John F. Kennedy

We set sail on this new sea because there is new knowledge to be gained, and new rights to be won, and…

— John F. Kennedy

If by a "Liberal," they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone…

— John F. Kennedy

The sun doesn't always shine in West Virginia, but the people do.

— John F. Kennedy

No government or social system is so evil that its people must be considered as lacking in virtue.

— John F. Kennedy

We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.

— John F. Kennedy

We, the people, are the boss, and we will get the kind of political leadership, be it good or bad, that we…

— John F. Kennedy

I do not belive that Washington should do for the people wha they can do for themselves through local and private effort.

— John F. Kennedy

The problems with this world cannot possibly be solved by sceptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We…

— John F. Kennedy

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

The New Frontier of which I speak is not a set of promises, it is a set of challenges. It sums up…

— John F. Kennedy