Survival Quotes by John F. Kennedy

9 Survival quotes by John F. Kennedy

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Kennedy’s speeches still stir resolve. Here, eight of his reflections focus on the grit needed to push through personal and collective trials.

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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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The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society. ... There is little value in ensuring the survival of…

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Knowledge of the oceans is more than a matter of curiosity. Our very survival may hinge upon it.

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Irrational barriers and ancient prejudices fall quickly when the question of survival itself is at stake.

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Our way of life is under attack. Those who make themselves our enemy are advancing around the globe. The survival of our…

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There is little value in insuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it. And there is…

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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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We shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and…

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The very word "secrecy" is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed…

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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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