--- title: "7 Educated Quotes By John F. Kennedy" description: "7 Educated quotes by John F. Kennedy. Plus more from John F. Kennedy and more Educated sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c79/john-f-kennedy-246_citizenry_no-country-can-possibly-move-ahead-no-fr_347080.jpg" --- > [No country can possibly move ahead, no free society can possibly be sustained, unless it has an educated citizenry whose qualities of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-kennedy/no-country-can-possibly-move-ahead-no-free-society-can-possibly-be/) [John F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-f-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c79/john-f-kennedy-246_citizenry_no-country-can-possibly-move-ahead-no-fr_347080.jpg) > [I ask that you offer to the political arena, and to the critical problems of our society which are decided therein, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-kennedy/i-ask-that-you-offer-to-the-political-arena-and-to-the-critical/) [John F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-f-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0f/john-f-kennedy-246_arena_i-ask-that-you-offer-to-the-political-ar_505906.jpg) > [It should be clear by now that a nation can be no stronger abroad than she is at home. Only an America…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-kennedy/it-should-be-clear-by-now-that-a-nation-can-be-no-stronger-abroad/) [John F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-f-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebc/john-f-kennedy-246_america_it-should-be-clear-by-now-that-a-nation_1776304.jpg) > [Third, and finally, the educated citizen has an obligation to uphold the law. This is the obligation of every citizen in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-kennedy/third-and-finally-the-educated-citizen-has-an-obligation-to-uphold/) [John F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-f-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46f/john-f-kennedy-246_character_third-and-finally-the-educated-citizen-h_2105286.jpg) > [What we seek to advance, what we seek to develop in all of our colleges and universities, are educated men and women…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-kennedy/what-we-seek-to-advance-what-we-seek-to-develop-in-all-of-our/) [John F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-f-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/176/john-f-kennedy-246_bears_what-we-seek-to-advance-what-we-seek-to_2500640.jpg) > [I want to emphasize in the great concentration which we now place upon scientists and engineers how much we still need the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-kennedy/i-want-to-emphasize-in-the-great-concentration-which-we-now-place/) [John F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-f-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9a/john-f-kennedy-246_adversity_i-want-to-emphasize-in-the-great-concent_2978584.jpg) > [Only an educated and informed people will be a free people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-kennedy/only-an-educated-and-informed-people-will-be-a-free-people/) [John F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-f-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4dd/john-f-kennedy-246_educated_only-an-educated-and-informed-people-wil_3215469.jpg) ## Other authors on Educated ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/educated/john-f-kennedy/#itemlist", "name": "7 Educated Quotes By John F. Kennedy", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "No country can possibly move ahead, no free society can possibly be sustained, unless it has an educated citizenry whose qualities of mind and heart permit it to take part in the complicated and increasingly sophisticated decisions that pour not only upon the President and upon the Congress, but upon all the citizens who exercise the ultimate power.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John F. 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