Government Quotes by John F. Kennedy

A tax cut means higher family income and higher business profits and a balanced federal budget.

— John F. Kennedy

My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go straight.

— John F. Kennedy

Democracy is the superior form of government, because it is based on a respect for man as a reasonable being.

— John F. Kennedy

Self-government requires qualities of self-denial and restraint.

— John F. Kennedy

The state is the servant of the citizen, and not his master.

— John F. Kennedy

No government or social system is so evil that its people must be considered as lacking in virtue.

— John F. Kennedy

The Federal Government is the people and the budget is a reflection of their need.

— John F. Kennedy

The basis of effective government is public confidence.

— John F. Kennedy

There's an old saying that victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan… I'm the responsible officer of the Government.

— John F. Kennedy

The basis of self-government and freedom requires the development of character and self-restraint and perseverance and the long view. And these are…

— John F. Kennedy

Every time that we try to lift a problem from our own shoulders, and shift that problem to the hands of the…

— John F. Kennedy

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

No responsibility of government is more fundamental than the responsibility of maintaining the highest standard of ethical behavior for those who conduct…

— John F. Kennedy

Lower rates of taxation will stimulate economic activity and so raise the levels of personal and corporate income as to yield within…

— John F. Kennedy

Anyone who is honestly seeking a job and can't find it, deserves the attention of the United States government, and the people.

— John F. Kennedy

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

History will not judge our endeavors--and a government cannot be selected--merely on the basis of color or creed or even party affiliation.…

— John F. Kennedy

Some of my colleagues who are criticized today for lack of forthright principles-or who are looked upon with scorn as compromising "politicians"-are…

— John F. Kennedy

Courage--judgment--integrity--dedication--these are the historic qualities of the Bay Colony and the Bay State…And these are the qualities which, with God's help, this…

— John F. Kennedy

A tax cut means higher family income and higher business profits and a balanced federal budget…As the national income grows, the federal…

— John F. Kennedy

I have seen in many places housing which has been developed under government influences, but I have never seen any projects in…

— John F. Kennedy

This Government, as promised, has maintained the closest surveillance of the Soviet Military buildup on the island of Cuba. Within the past…

— John F. Kennedy

For in a democracy, every citizen, regardless of his interest in politics, "hold office"; every one of us is in a position…

— John F. Kennedy

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

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

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

The success of this Government, and thus the success of our Nation, depends in the last analysis upon the quality.of our career…

— John F. Kennedy

For in a government of laws and not of men, no man, however prominent or powerful, and no mob however unruly or…

— John F. Kennedy

A tax cut means higher family income and higher business profits and a balanced federal budget. Every taxpayer and his family will…

— John F. Kennedy

“From time to time our national history has been marred by forgetfulness of the Jeffersonian principle that restraint is at the heart…

— John F. Kennedy

Without debate, without criticism no administration and no country can succeed and no republic can survive.

— John F. Kennedy

There is danger that totalitarian governments, not subject to vigorous popular debate, will underestimate the will and unity of democratic societies where…

— John F. Kennedy

Perhaps scientists have been the most international of all professions in their outlook... Every time you scientists make a major invention, we…

— John F. Kennedy