When things don't go well they like to blame presidents; and that's something that presidents are paid for. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Those [presidents] who were strongest intellectually were also strongest spiritually. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Whatever the political affiliation of our next President, whatever his views may be on all the issues and problems that rush in… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I believe in a president whose religious views are his own private affair, neither imposed by him upon the nation or imposed… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
If anyone is crazy enough to want to kill a president of the United States, he can do it. All he must… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
While they came from a variety of religious backgrounds and held a wide variety of religious beliefs, each of our presidents in… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The American presidency will demand more than ringing manifestos issued from the rear of the battle. It will demand that the President… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Every president has taken comfort and courage when told...that the Lord "will be with thee. He will not fail thee nor forsake… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
If all of you had voted the other way - there's about 5500 of you here tonight - I would not be… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
As far as the job of President goes, its rewarding and I've given before this group the definition of happiness for the… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
But because I am a Catholic, and no Catholic has ever been elected president, the real issues in this campaign have been… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
President Roosevelt and President Truman and President Eisenhower had the same experience, they all made the effort to get along with the… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
No man who enters upon the office to which I have succeeded can fail to recognize how every president of the United… — 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
No country can possibly move ahead, no free society can possibly be sustained, unless it has an educated citizenry whose qualities of… — 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
A Canadian newspaperman said yesterday that this is the President's "Easter egghead roll on the White House lawn." I want to deny… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Let us resolve to be masters, not the victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
No President should fear public scrutiny of his program. For from that scrutiny comes understanding; and from that understanding comes support or… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute - where no Catholic prelate would tell the… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
No man who enters upon the office to which I have succeeded can fail to recognize how every president of the United… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The high office of the President has been used to foment a plot to destroy the American's freedom and before I leave… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Our Constitution wisely assigns both joint and separate roles to each branch of the government; and a President and a Congress who… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
And if we are to open employment opportunities in this country for members of all races and creeds, then the Federal Government… — 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
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
Harry Truman once said, 'There are 14 or 15 million Americans who have the resources to have representatives in Washington to protect… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute; where no Catholic prelate would tell the President… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The day before my inauguration President Eisenhower told me, You'll find that no easy problems ever come to the President of the… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
One hundred years of delay have passed since President Lincoln freed the slaves, yet their heirs, their grandsons, are not fully free.… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I would not look with favor upon a President working to subvert the First Amendment's guarantees of religious liberty ... Neither do… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The White House was designed by Hoban, a noted Irish-American architect, and I have no doubt that he believed by incorporating several… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
No President should fear public scrutiny of his program. For from that scrutiny comes understanding; and from that understanding comes support or… — 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