... the Athenian lawmaker Solon decreed it a crime for any citizen to shrink from controversy. — 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
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
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
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 Copy Share Image
We are opposed around the world by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy that relies primarily on covert means for expanding its sphere… — 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 not only could not stifle controversy among your readers.. I welcome it. This Administration intends to be candid about its errors;… — 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
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 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
