Patriotism Quotes by John F. Kennedy

12 Patriotism quotes by John F. Kennedy

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Kennedy’s brief but resonant statements capture a youthful optimism and a call to collective effort in the pursuit of a better nation.

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“Ask not what your country can do for you,but ask what you can do for your country.”

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A country is as strong, really, as its citizens. And I think that mental and physical health - mental and physical vigor…

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My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

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I was born an American, I live like an American, I will die an American.

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“We, in this country, in this generation, are - by destiny rather than by choice - the watchmen on the walls of…

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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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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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And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your…

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This country was founded by men and women who were dedicated or came to be dedicated to two propositions; first, a strong…

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Where else, in a non-totalitarian country, but in the political profession is the individual expected to sacrifice all-including his own career-for the…

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For I can assure you that we love our country, not for what it was, though it has always been great -…

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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…

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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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