The exploration of space will go ahead, whether we join in it or not, and it is one of the great adventures… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
It shall be the policy of this nation to regard any nuclear missile launched from Cuba as an attack by the Soviet… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Word to the Nation: Guard zealously your right to serve in the Armed Forces, for without them, there will be no other… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Easy money, sudden fortunes, increasingly powerful political machines and blatant corruption transformed much of the nation; and the Senate, as befits a… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans, born in this century... unwilling to witness or permit the slow… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
This knowledge, the knowledge that the physical well-being of the citizen is an important foundation for all of the activities of the… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The voters selected us, in short, because they had confidence in our judgement and our ability to exercise that judgement from a… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Acting on our own, by ourselves, we cannot establish justice throughout the world, but joined with other free nations, we can ...… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
So long as freedom from hunger is only half achieved, so long as two thirds of the nations have food deficits, no… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
But colonialism in its harshest forms is not only the exploitation of new nations by old, of dark skins by light, or… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Expansion and modernization of the nation's productive plant is essential to accelerate economic growth and to improve the international competitive position of… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
One-third of the world, it has been said, may be free- -but one-third is the victim of cruel repression--and the other one-… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
And so it is that I carry with me from this State to that high and lonely office to which I now… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Should I become President...I will not risk American lives...by permitting any other nation to drag us into the wrong war at the… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
It is for these reasons that I believe we must expand day-care centers and provide other assistance which I have recommended to… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The effort to improve the conditions of man, however, is not a task for the few. It is the task of all… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I believe in a president whose religious views are his own private affair, neither imposed by him upon the nation or imposed… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
...the physical fitness of our citizens is a vital prerequisite to America's realization of its full potential as a nation, and to… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
For plague and pestilence, plunder and pollution, the hazards of nature and the hunger of children are the foes of every nation.… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The earth, the sea and air are the concern of every nation. And science, technology, and education can be the ally of… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
First I believe that this Nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The men who create power make an indispensable contribution to the nation's greatness. But the men who question power make a contribution… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The function and responsibility of the President is to set before the American people the unfinished business, the things we must do… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Is this Nation stating it cannot afford to spend an additional $600 million to help the developing nations of the world become… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
A nation can be no stronger abroad than she is at home. Only an America which practices what it preaches about equal… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Never have the nations of the world had so much to lose, or so much to gain. Together we shall save our… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
For one true measure of a nation is its success in fulfilling the promise of a better life for each of its… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
There is little value in insuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it. And there is… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
We cannot expect that everyone, to use the phrase of a decade ago, will talk sense to the American people. But we… — 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
All over the world, particularly in the newer nations, young men are coming to power--men who are not bound by the traditions… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
If sometimes our great artists have been the most critical of our society, it is because their sensitivity and their concern for… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
That is the kind of America in which I believe. And it represents the kind of Presidency in which I believe -… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
In addition, the United States Delegation will suggest a series of steps to improve the United Nations machinery for the peaceful settlement… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Bring the absolute power to destroy other nations under the absolute control of all nations. Weapons of war must be abolished before… — 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
Our deep spiritual confidence that this nation will survive the perils of today - which may well be with us for decades… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I am talking about genuine peace, the kind of peace that makes life on earth worth living, the kind that enables men… — 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
