Liberty Quotes by John F. Kennedy

27 Liberty quotes by John F. Kennedy

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Kennedy’s speeches often framed liberty as a shared, global responsibility. These 27 statements pull from his public remarks, giving a concise sense of how he imagined freedom shaping both America and the world.

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I want every American to be free to stand up for his rights, even if sometimes he has to sit down for…

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We shall pay any price, bear any burden, to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

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We stand for freedom. That is our conviction for ourselves; that is our only commitment to others.

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The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.

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“If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. [Inaugural Address, January 20 1961] ”

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Unless liberty flourishes in all lands, it cannot flourish in one.

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Freedom is indivisible, and when one man is enslaved, all are not free.

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Liberty without Learning is always in peril and Learning without Liberty is always in vain.

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Our nation is founded on the principal that observance of the law is the eternal safeguard of liberty and defiance of the…

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

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I believe in an America that is officially neither Catholic, Protestant, or Jewish - where religious liberty is so indivisible that an…

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The most powerful single force in the world today is neither Communism nor Capitalism, neither the H-bomb nor the guided missile --…

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Today, we need a nation of Minutemen, citizens who are not only prepared to take arms, but citizens who regard the preservation…

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Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship,…

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“We shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and…

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Struggle for freedom. Where people are denied the right of choice, recourse to such struggle is the only means of achieving their…

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We shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and…

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The essence of Vanderbilt is still learning, the essence of its outlook is still liberty, and liberty and learning will be and…

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I believe in an America that is officially neither Catholic, Protestant nor Jewish; where no public official either requests or accepts instructions…

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If by a "Liberal," they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone…

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I would not look with favor upon a President working to subvert the First Amendment's guarantees of religious liberty ... Neither do…

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“The famous words of Emma Lazarus on the pedestal of the Statute of Liberty read: "Give me your tired, your poor, your…

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All students, members of the faculty, and public officials in both Mississippi and the Nation will be able, it is hoped, to…

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But Goethe tells us in his greatest poem that Faust lost the liberty of his soul when he said to the passing…

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“If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more…

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I think it is appropriate that we pay tribute to this great constitutional principle which is enshrined in the First Amendment of…

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“I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, in human liberty as the source of national action, in the…

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We stand today on the edge of a new frontier - the frontier of the 1960's - a frontier of unknown opportunities and perils…

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We will neglect our cities to our peril, for in neglecting them we neglect the nation.

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We must recognize that every nation determines its policies in terms of its own interests.

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Someone always needs rescuing, yet there's only one person who ever seems to understand you. It's a lot like being Lassie.

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Student loans have been helpful to many. But they offer neither incentive nor assistance to those students who, by reason of family or other…

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Great crises produce great men, and great deeds of courage.

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There comes a point where you see no evidence that the carrot and diplomacy are working.

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Suspicion on one side breeds suspicion on the other, and new weapons beget counter-weapons.

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We have some of the most influential Members of Congress here today, and I do hope that we can get this appropriation for these…

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Disarmament without checks is but a shadow - and a community without law is but a shell.

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This is one country. It has become one country because all of us and all the people who came here had an equal chance…

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“The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent…

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Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm.

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Peace does not rest in the charters and covenants alone. It lies in the hearts and minds of all people. So let us not…

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