The White House was designed by Hoban, a noted Irish-American architect, and I have no doubt that he believed by incorporating several… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I had always enjoyed the title of Commander-in-Chief until I was informed ... that the only forces that cannot be transferred from… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
We had a dog who was named Pushinka, who was given to my father by a Soviet official. And we trained that… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“We cannot negotiate with people who say what's mine is mine and what's yours is negotiable." [ The Berlin Crisis: Radio and… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
A Canadian newspaperman said yesterday that this is the President's "Easter egghead roll on the White House lawn." I want to deny… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Do you realize the responsibility I carry? I'm the only person standing between Richard Nixon and the White House. — 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 day-care centers, which seems to me to be money very wisely spent, and also under consideration of the tax bill, that we can consider the needs of the working mothers, and both of these will be… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share
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 to develop their talents. We cannot say to ten percent of the population that you can't have that right; that your children cannot have the chance to develop whatever talents they have; that the only way… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share