Foreign aid is a method by which the United States maintains a position of influence and control around the world — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
There is no city in the United States in which I can get a warmer welcome and fewer votes than Columbia, Ohio. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to… — 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
No man who enters upon the office to which I have succeeded can fail to recognize how every president of the United… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
There is no sense in agreeing or desiring that the United States take an affirmative position in outer space, unless we are… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
When asked what I am most proud of, I stick out my chest, hold my head high and state proudly, 'I served… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Whatever one's religion in his private life may be, for the officeholder, nothing takes precedence over his oath to uphold the Constitution… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I can assure you that every degree of mind and spirit that I possess will be devoted to the long-range interests of… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Anyone who is honestly seeking a job and can't find it, deserves the attention of the United States government, and the people. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
We must face the fact that the United States is neither omnipotent nor omniscient, that we cannot impose our will upon the… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Harry Truman once said, 'There are 14 or 15 million Americans who have the resources to have representatives in Washington to protect… — 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
I am glad that Congress has recently authorized $800,000 to State welfare agencies to expand their day-care services during the remainder of… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
We do not want an official state church. If ninety-nine percent of the population were Catholics, I would still be opposed to… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Events of October 1962 indicated, as they had all through history, that control of the sea means security. Control of the seas… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The day before my inauguration President Eisenhower told me, You'll find that no easy problems ever come to the President of the… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Members of the Congress, the Constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress. We are all trustees for the… — 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
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 United States, as the world knows, will never start a war. We do not want a war. We do not now… — 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
No man who enters upon the office to which I have succeeded can fail to recognize how every president of the United… — 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
The most effective means of upholding the law is not the State policeman or the marshals or the National Guard. It is… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
If anyone is crazy enough to want to kill a president of the United States, he can do it. All he must… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
... the United States was not built by those who waited and rested and wished to look behind them. This country was… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I'm 43 years old and I'm the healthiest candidate for the Presidency of the United States. You've travelled with me enough to… — 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
The United States of America has no intention of finishing second in space. This effort is expensive-but it pays its way for… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
If all of you had voted the other way - there's about 5500 of you here tonight - I would not be… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
When I ran for Presidency of the United States, I knew that this country faced serious challenges, but I could not realize… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
And lastly, Chairman Khrushchev has compared the United States to a worn-out runner living on its past performance, and stated that the… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
And when at some future date the high court of history sits in judgment on each of us, recording whether in our… — 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
Courage--judgment--integrity--dedication--these are the historic qualities of the Bay Colony and the Bay State…And these are the qualities which, with God's help, this… — 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
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
We will neglect our cities to our peril, for in neglecting them we neglect the nation. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share
We must recognize that every nation determines its policies in terms of its own interests. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share
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
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
There comes a point where you see no evidence that the carrot and diplomacy are working. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share
Suspicion on one side breeds suspicion on the other, and new weapons beget counter-weapons. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share
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
Disarmament without checks is but a shadow - and a community without law is but a shell. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share
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
“The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share
Peace does not rest in the charters and covenants alone. It lies in the hearts and minds of all people. So let us not… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share
