We've spent half the expenditures, we've wrecked our budget on all these other domestic programs, and the only justification for it, in… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
We will not prematurely or unnecessarily risk the costs of a worldwide nuclear war in which even the fruits of victory would… — 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
“Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
No one has been barred on account of his race from fighting or dying for America, there are no white or colored… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“From time to time our national history has been marred by forgetfulness of the Jeffersonian principle that restraint is at the heart… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
There are many people in the world who really don't understand, or say they don't, what is the great issue between the… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
My fellow Americans, let us take that first step. Let us...step back from the shadow of war and seek out the way… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
There is always inequality in life. Some men are killed in a war and some men are wounded and some men never… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Let us examine our attitude toward peace itself. Too many of us think it is impossible. Too many think it unreal. But… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Aggressive conduct, if allowed to go unchecked and unchallenged, ultimately leads to war. — 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