My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go straight. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
A tax cut means higher family income and higher business profits and a balanced federal budget. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Democracy is the superior form of government, because it is based on a respect for man as a reasonable being. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
No government or social system is so evil that its people must be considered as lacking in virtue. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Without debate, without criticism no administration and no country can succeed and no republic can survive. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 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
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 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
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
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
The Federal Government is the people and the budget is a reflection of their need. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 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
