Democracy is never a final achievement. It is a call to an untiring effort. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I see no magic in tax dollars which are sent to Washington and then returned. I abhor the waste and incompetence of… — 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
The United States of America has no intention of finishing second in space. This effort is expensive-but it pays its way for… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
[High income tax rates] not only check consumption but discourage investment and encourage...the avoidance of taxes [rather] than the production of goods.[...]Our… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Our present tax system ... exerts too heavy a drag on growth ... It reduces the financial incentives for personal effort, investment,… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
While we cannot guarantee that we shall one day be first, we can guarantee that any failure to make this effort will… — 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
To those peoples in the huts and villages of half the globe struggling to break the bonds of mass misery, we pledge… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I dont think that unless a greater effort is made by the Government to win popular support that the war can be… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
In a world of danger and trial, peace is our deepest aspiration, and when peace comes we will gladly convert not our… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I do ask every publisher, every editor, and every newsman in the nation to reexamine his own standards, and to recognize the… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Our national conservation effort must include the complete spectrum of resources: air, water, and land; fuels, energy, and minerals; soils, forests, and… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of deeds, let us go forth to lead the… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
For I can assure you that we love our country, not for what it was, though it has always been great -… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The effort to improve the conditions of man, however, is not a task for the few. It is the task of all… — 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 Image
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 Image
We will neglect our cities to our peril, for in neglecting them we neglect the nation. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
We must recognize that every nation determines its policies in terms of its own interests. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
There comes a point where you see no evidence that the carrot and diplomacy are working. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Suspicion on one side breeds suspicion on the other, and new weapons beget counter-weapons. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
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 Image
Disarmament without checks is but a shadow - and a community without law is but a shell. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
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 Image