Let us resolve to be masters, not the victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I have seen in many places housing which has been developed under government influences, but I have never seen any projects in… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The Republican nominee-to-be, of course, is also a young man. But his approach is as old as McKinley. His party is the… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
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… — 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
“Ask not what your country can do for you,but ask what you can do for your country.” — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
No government or social system is so evil that its people must be considered as lacking in virtue. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
A tax cut means higher family income and higher business profits and a balanced federal budget....As the national income grows, the federal… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Politics is a jungle-torn between doing the right thing and staying in office. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Democracy is the superior form of government, because it is based on a respect for man as a reasonable being. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
This Government, as promised, has maintained the closest surveillance of the Soviet Military buildup on the island of Cuba. Within the past… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your… — 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
All of us in the Senate live in an iron lung-the iron lung of politics, and it is no easy task to… — 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… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
There is danger that totalitarian governments, not subject to vigorous popular debate, will underestimate the will and unity of democratic societies where… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Politics is like football; if you see daylight, go through the hole. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“Our progress as a nation can be not swifter than our progress in education.” — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
We, the people, are the boss, and we will get the kind of political leadership, be it good or bad, that we… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
There's an old saying that victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan.... I'm the responsible officer of the Government. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“Neither the fanatics nor the faint-hearted are needed. And our duty as a Party is not to our Party alone, but to… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Will Rogers once said it is not the original investment in a Congressman that counts; it is the upkeep. — 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
