The basic problems facing the world today are not susceptible to a military solution. — 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… — 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
War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
But wherever we are, we must all, in our daily lives, live up to the age-old faith that peace and freedom walk… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
It is no contradiction - the most important single thing we can do to stimulate investment in today's economy is to raise… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
National parks and reserves are an integral aspect of intelligent use of natural resources. It is the course of wisdom to set… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I believe the American people are more concerned with a man's views and abilities than with the church to which he belongs.… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Football today is far too much a sport for the few who can play it well; the rest of us, and too… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is not likely to have what it takes… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
This knowledge, the knowledge that the physical well-being of the citizen is an important foundation for all of the activities of the… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Our deep spiritual confidence that this nation will survive the perils of today - which may well be with us for decades… — 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… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The lower the family income, the higher the probability that the mother must work. Today, 1 out of 5 of these working… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Aeschylus and Plato are remembered today long after the triumphs of Imperial Athens are gone. Dante outlived the ambitions of thirteenth century… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
For while this year it may be a Catholic against whom the finger of suspicion is pointed, in other years it has… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The very word "secrecy" is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
A full scale nuclear exchange, lasting less than 60 minutes...could wipe out more than 300 million Americans, Europeans, and Russians, as well… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
There is only one rule by which to judge if God is near us or is far away - the rule that… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I think we're going to have to do better. Mr. Nixon talks about our being the strongest country in the world. I… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Budget deficits are not caused by wild-eyed spenders, but by slow economic growth and periodic recessions. And any new recession would break… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The great battleground for the defense and expansion of freedom today is the whole southern half of the globe... the lands of… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans, born in this century... unwilling to witness or permit the slow… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
This knowledge, the knowledge that the physical well-being of the citizen is an important foundation for all of the activities of the… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as… — 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
The most powerful single force in the world today is neither Communism nor Capitalism, neither the H-bomb nor the guided missile --… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
If the economy of today were operating close to capacity levels with little unemployment, or if a sudden change in our military… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Our economy today depends upon women in the labor force. One out of three workers is a woman. Today, there are almost… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Today, we need a nation of Minutemen, citizens who are not only prepared to take arms, but citizens who regard the preservation… — 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
While there are many who would say that the race to the moon was hardly green, many others have noted that the… — 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
