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> [Is this Nation stating it cannot afford to spend an additional $600 million to help the developing nations of the world become strong and free and independentan amount less than this countrys annual outlay for lipstick, face cream, and chewing gum?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-kennedy/is-this-nation-stating-it-cannot-afford-to-spend-an-additional-600/)

[John F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-f-kennedy/)

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> [Acting on our own, by ourselves, we cannot establish justice throughout the world, but joined with other free nations, we can ... assist the developing nations to throw off the yoke of poverty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-kennedy/acting-on-our-own-by-ourselves-we-cannot-establish-justice-throughout/)

[John F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-f-kennedy/)

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## More by John F. Kennedy

> [“We shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and success of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-kennedy/we-shall-pay-any-price-bear-any-burden-meet-any-hardship-support-any/)

[John F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-f-kennedy/)

> [We stand today on the edge of a new frontier - the frontier of the 1960's - a frontier of unknown opportunities and perils…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-kennedy/we-stand-today-on-the-edge-of-a-new-frontier-the-frontier-of-the-1960/)

[John F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-f-kennedy/)

> [We will neglect our cities to our peril, for in neglecting them we neglect the nation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-kennedy/we-will-neglect-our-cities-to-our-peril-for-in-neglecting-them-we/)

[John F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-f-kennedy/)

> [We must recognize that every nation determines its policies in terms of its own interests.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-kennedy/we-must-recognize-that-every-nation-determines-its-policies-in-terms/)

[John F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-f-kennedy/)

> [Someone always needs rescuing, yet there's only one person who ever seems to understand you. It's a lot like being Lassie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-kennedy/someone-always-needs-rescuing-yet-there-s-only-one-person-who-ever/)

[John F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-f-kennedy/)

> [Student loans have been helpful to many. But they offer neither incentive nor assistance to those students who, by reason of family or other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-kennedy/student-loans-have-been-helpful-to-many-but-they-offer-neither/)

[John F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-f-kennedy/)

> [Great crises produce great men, and great deeds of courage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-kennedy/great-crises-produce-great-men-and-great-deeds-of-courage/)

[John F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-f-kennedy/)

> [There comes a point where you see no evidence that the carrot and diplomacy are working.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-kennedy/there-comes-a-point-where-you-see-no-evidence-that-the-carrot-and/)

[John F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-f-kennedy/)

> [Suspicion on one side breeds suspicion on the other, and new weapons beget counter-weapons.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-kennedy/suspicion-on-one-side-breeds-suspicion-on-the-other-and-new-weapons/)

[John F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-f-kennedy/)

> [We have some of the most influential Members of Congress here today, and I do hope that we can get this appropriation for these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-kennedy/we-have-some-of-the-most-influential-members-of-congress-here-today/)

[John F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-f-kennedy/)

> [Disarmament without checks is but a shadow - and a community without law is but a shell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-kennedy/disarmament-without-checks-is-but-a-shadow-and-a-community-without/)

[John F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 equal chance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-kennedy/this-is-one-country-it-has-become-one-country-because-all-of-us-and/)

[John F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-f-kennedy/)

> [“The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-kennedy/the-courage-of-life-is-often-a-less-dramatic-spectacle-than-the/)

[John F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-f-kennedy/)

> [Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-kennedy/washington-is-a-city-of-southern-efficiency-and-northern-charm/)

[John F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-f-kennedy/)

> [Peace does not rest in the charters and covenants alone. It lies in the hearts and minds of all people. So let us not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-kennedy/peace-does-not-rest-in-the-charters-and-covenants-alone-it-lies-in/)

[John F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-f-kennedy/)

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