The guiding principle of this Nation has been, is now, and ever shall be IN GOD WE TRUST. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
We have become more and more not a nation of athletes but a nation of spectators. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Remember that our nation's first great leaders were also our first great scholars. — 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
In serving his vision of the truth, the artist best serves his nation. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
And this Nation, for all its hopes and all its boasts, will not be fully free until all its citizens are free. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors, the men it remembers. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
And only the very courageous will be able to keep alive the spirit of individualism and dissent which gave birth to this… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
To each of us is entrusted the heavy responsibility of guiding the affairs of a democratic nation founded on Christian ideals. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Genuine peace must be the product of many nations, the sum of many acts. It must be dynamic, not static, changing to… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society. ... There is little value in ensuring the survival of… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Abroad, the balance of power is shifting. There are new and more terrible weapons - new and uncertain nations - new pressures… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The time is not far off when many nations in many parts of the world of many political shades and commitments will… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The great free nations of the world must take control of our monetary problems if these problems are not to take control… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The fact that we live in a world that moves crisis by crisis does not make a growing interest in outdoor activities… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
All students, members of the faculty, and public officials in both Mississippi and the Nation will be able, it is hoped, to… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. Our requirements for world leadership, our hopes for… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
To that world assembly of sovereign states, the United Nations, our last best hope in an age where the instruments of war… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
By calling attention to 'a well regulated militia,' 'the security of the nation,' and the right of each citizen 'to keep and… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I believe in an America that is on the march - an America respected by all nations, friends and foes alike -… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
There are indications because of new inventions, that 10, 15, or 20 nations will have a nuclear capacity, including Red China, by… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
One hundred years of delay have passed since President Lincoln freed the slaves, yet their heirs, their grandsons, are not fully free.… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
This increase in the life span and in the number of our senior citizens presents this Nation with increased opportunities: the opportunity… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The education of our people should be a lifelong process by which we continue to feed new vigor into the lifestream of… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The lower the family income, the higher the probability that the mother must work. Today, 1 out of 5 of these working… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Collective bargaining has always been the bedrock of the American labor movement. I hope that you will continue to anchor your movement… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
It should be clear by now that a nation can be no stronger abroad than she is at home. Only an America… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
It is with great satisfaction that I have signed into law the Social Security Amendments of 1961. They represent an additional step… — 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
Few nations do more than the United States to assist their least fortunate citizens-to make certain that no child, no elderly or… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The very word "secrecy" is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed… — 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
Now is the time...for this nation to take a clearly leading role in space achievement, which in many ways may hold the… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The Family of Man is more than 3 billion strong. It lives in more than 100 nations. Most of its members are… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
A tired nation, said David Lloyd George, is a Tory nation, and the United States today cannot afford to be either tired… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Our nation is founded on the principal that observance of the law is the eternal safeguard of liberty and defiance of the… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The life of the arts is far from an interruption, a distraction, in the life of a nation, is close to the… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The deadly arms race, and the huge resources it absorbs, have too long overshadowed all else we must do. We must prevent… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Today, we need a nation of Minutemen, citizens who are not only prepared to take arms, but citizens who regard the preservation… — 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
