We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
If at times our actions seem to make life difficult for others, it is only because history has made life difficult for… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
American history is not something dead and over. It is always alive,always growing, always unfinished. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
If you look throughout human history ... the central epiphany of every religious tradition always occurs in the wilderness. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The great revolution in the history of man, past, present and future, is the revolution of those determined to be free. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world or to make it… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Let us resolve to be masters, not the victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The complacent, the self-indulgent, the soft societies are about to be swept away with the debris of history. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour… — 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
If this capsule history of our progress teaches us anything, it is that man, in his quest for knowledge and progress, is… — 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
There are those who regard this history of past strife and exile as better forgotten. But, to use the phrase of Yeats,… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Events of October 1962 indicated, as they had all through history, that control of the sea means security. Control of the seas… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The complacent, the self-indulgent, the soft societies are about to be swept away with the debris of history. Only the strong, only… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Of all the multitudes who throughout history have spoken for human dignity in times of great suffering and loss, no voice is… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
If a beach-head of cooperation may push back the jungle of suspicion, let both sides join in creating a new endeavor, not… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“Terror is not a new weapon. Throughout history it has been used by those who could not prevail, either by persuasion or… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
With all of the history of war, and the human race's history unfortunately has been a good deal more war than peace,… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
And when at some future date the high court of history sits in judgment on each of us, recording whether in our… — 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
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
“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
