Weapons Quotes by John F. Kennedy

13 Weapons quotes by John F. Kennedy

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Kennedy’s brief but pointed remarks on armaments capture the urgency of his era. Though limited in number, these 13 lines provide a clear window into his approach to defense and international stability.

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Suspicion on one side breeds suspicion on the other, and new weapons beget counter-weapons.

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We must create world-wide law and law enforcement as we outlaw world-wide war and weapon

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We must abolish nuclear weapons, or they will abolish us.

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The weapons of war must be abolished before they abolish us.

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The science of weapons and war has made us all one world and one human race with one common destiny.

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In free society art is not a weapon...Artists are not engineers of the soul.

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Every inhabitant of this planet must contemplate the day when this planet may no longer be habitable .. The weapons of war…

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The time is not far off when many nations in many parts of the world of many political shades and commitments will…

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Abroad, the balance of power is shifting. There are new and more terrible weapons - new and uncertain nations - new pressures…

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Nuclear weapons are so destructive and ballistic missiles are so swift, that any substantially increased possibility of their use or any sudden…

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Bring the absolute power to destroy other nations under the absolute control of all nations. Weapons of war must be abolished before…

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With all of the history of war, and the human race's history unfortunately has been a good deal more war than peace,…

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The Kennedy Administration's public pronouncements on the matter suggested that the presence of Soviet nuclear missiles in Castro's Cuba would represent an…

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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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