Today Quotes by John F. Kennedy

33 Today quotes by John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy’s 33 remarks echo his call for civic duty and bold leadership in the present. He urges citizens to take ownership of today’s challenges, framing them as opportunities for collective progress.

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We stand today on the edge of a new frontier.

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The basic problems facing the world today are not susceptible to a military solution.

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War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.

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A tired nation, said David Lloyd George, is a Tory nation, and the United States today cannot afford to be either tired…

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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…

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If the economy of today were operating close to capacity levels with little unemployment, or if a sudden change in our military…

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Our economy today depends upon women in the labor force. One out of three workers is a woman. Today, there are almost…

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Today, we need a nation of Minutemen, citizens who are not only prepared to take arms, but citizens who regard the preservation…

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The most powerful single force in the world today is neither Communism nor Capitalism, neither the H-bomb nor the guided missile --…

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The torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans, born in this century... unwilling to witness or permit the slow…

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This knowledge, the knowledge that the physical well-being of the citizen is an important foundation for all of the activities of the…

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A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as…

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Some of my colleagues who are criticized today for lack of forthright principles-or who are looked upon with scorn as compromising "politicians"-are…

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While there are many who would say that the race to the moon was hardly green, many others have noted that the…

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I think we're going to have to do better. Mr. Nixon talks about our being the strongest country in the world. I…

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The Republican nominee-to-be, of course, is also a young man. But his approach is as old as McKinley. His party is the…

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For while this year it may be a Catholic against whom the finger of suspicion is pointed, in other years it has…

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A full scale nuclear exchange, lasting less than 60 minutes...could wipe out more than 300 million Americans, Europeans, and Russians, as well…

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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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There is only one rule by which to judge if God is near us or is far away - the rule that…

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Aeschylus and Plato are remembered today long after the triumphs of Imperial Athens are gone. Dante outlived the ambitions of thirteenth century…

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Our deep spiritual confidence that this nation will survive the perils of today - which may well be with us for decades…

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This knowledge, the knowledge that the physical well-being of the citizen is an important foundation for all of the activities of the…

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Budget deficits are not caused by wild-eyed spenders, but by slow economic growth and periodic recessions. And any new recession would break…

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The great battleground for the defense and expansion of freedom today is the whole southern half of the globe... the lands of…

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A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is not likely to have what it takes…

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National parks and reserves are an integral aspect of intelligent use of natural resources. It is the course of wisdom to set…

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I believe the American people are more concerned with a man's views and abilities than with the church to which he belongs.…

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Football today is far too much a sport for the few who can play it well; the rest of us, and too…

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But wherever we are, we must all, in our daily lives, live up to the age-old faith that peace and freedom walk…

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It is no contradiction - the most important single thing we can do to stimulate investment in today's economy is to raise…

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The lower the family income, the higher the probability that the mother must work. Today, 1 out of 5 of these working…

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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…

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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 success of…

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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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