probably the greatest concentration of talent and genius in this house except for perhaps those times when Thomas Jefferson ate alone. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Do you realize the responsibility I carry? I'm the only person standing between Richard Nixon and the White House. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
A Canadian newspaperman said yesterday that this is the President's "Easter egghead roll on the White House lawn." I want to deny… — 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
I look forward to an America which will not be afraid of grace and beauty, which will protect the beauty of our… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I had always enjoyed the title of Commander-in-Chief until I was informed ... that the only forces that cannot be transferred from… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44 would have kept Jefferson from writing the… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
We had a dog who was named Pushinka, who was given to my father by a Soviet official. And we trained that… — 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
