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
Every time that we try to lift a problem from our own shoulders, and shift that problem to the hands of the… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
History will not judge our endeavors--and a government cannot be selected--merely on the basis of color or creed or even party affiliation.… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute; where no Catholic prelate would tell the President… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I'm always rather nervous about how you talk about women who are active in politics, whether they want to be talked about… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
If more politicians knew poetry, and more poets knew politics, I am convinced the world would be a little better place in… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
In a time of domestic crisis, men of goodwill and generosity should be able to unite regardless of party or politics. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The federal government's most useful role is not to rush into a program of excessive increases in public expenditures, but to expand… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
A revolution is coming – a revolution which will be peaceful if we are wise enough; compassionate if we care enough; successful… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I ask that you offer to the political arena, and to the critical problems of our society which are decided therein, the… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Most of us are conditioned for many years to have a political viewpoint - Republican or Democratic, liberal, conservative, or moderate. The… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Political sovereignty is but a mockery without the means of meeting poverty and illiteracy and disease. Self-determination is but a slogan if… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The efforts of governments alone will never be enough. In the end, the people must choose and the people must help themselves. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go straight. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
No responsibility of government is more fundamental than the responsibility of maintaining the highest standard of ethical behavior for those who conduct… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Whatever the political affiliation of our next President, whatever his views may be on all the issues and problems that rush in… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Lower rates of taxation will stimulate economic activity and so raise the levels of personal and corporate income as to yield within… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Just as I went into politics because Joe died, if anything happened to me tomorrow, my brother Bobby would run for my… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners. And necessity has made us allies. Those… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
For in a government of laws and not of men, no man, however prominent or powerful, and no mob however unruly or… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
For in a democracy, every citizen, regardless of his interest in politics, "hold office"; every one of us is in a position… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I do not belive that Washington should do for the people wha they can do for themselves through local and private effort. — 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
