Years Quotes by John F. Kennedy

There has also been a change - a slippage - in our intellectual and moral strength. Seven lean years of drouth and…

— John F. Kennedy

At the start of 2005 the idea of downloading a song to a mobile phone was an idea, by the end of…

— John F. Kennedy

Last year, more Americans went to symphonies than went to baseball games. This may be viewed as an alarming statistic, but I…

— John F. Kennedy

But why, some say, the moon? Why choose this as our goal? And they may well ask; why climb the highest mountain?…

— John F. Kennedy

The basis of self-government and freedom requires the development of character and self-restraint and perseverance and the long view. And these are…

— John F. Kennedy

Lower rates of taxation will stimulate economic activity and so raise the levels of personal and corporate income as to yield within…

— John F. Kennedy

Partnership is not a posture but a process-a continuous process that grows stronger each year as we devote ourselves to common tasks.

— John F. Kennedy

I'm 43 years old and I'm the healthiest candidate for the Presidency of the United States. You've travelled with me enough to…

— John F. Kennedy

The great French Marshall Lyautey once asked his gardener to plant a tree. The gardner objected that the tree was slow growing…

— John F. Kennedy

This increase in the life span and in the number of our senior citizens presents this Nation with increased opportunities: the opportunity…

— John F. Kennedy

The first man-made satellite to orbit the earth was named Sputnik. The first living creature in space was Laika. The first rocket…

— John F. Kennedy

I am glad that Congress has recently authorized $800,000 to State welfare agencies to expand their day-care services during the remainder of…

— John F. Kennedy

One hundred years of delay have passed since President Lincoln freed the slaves, yet their heirs, their grandsons, are not fully free.…

— John F. Kennedy

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

One hundred and fifty years ago the vacant lands of the West were opened to private use. One hundred years ago the…

— John F. Kennedy

After visiting these places, you can easily understand how that within a few years Hitler will emerge from the hatred that surrounds…

— John F. Kennedy

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

Malthus argued a century and a half ago that man, by using up all his available resources, would forever press on the…

— John F. Kennedy

But I think the American people expect more from us than cries of indignation and attack. The times are too grave, the…

— John F. Kennedy

Most of us are conditioned for many years to have a political viewpoint - Republican or Democratic, liberal, conservative, or moderate. The…

— John F. Kennedy

A medical revolution has extended the life of our elder citizens without providing the dignity and security those later years deserve.

— John F. Kennedy

I ask particularly that those of you who are now in school will prepare yourselves to bear the burden of leadership over…

— John F. Kennedy

Courage--judgment--integrity--dedication--these are the historic qualities of the Bay Colony and the Bay State…And these are the qualities which, with God's help, this…

— John F. Kennedy

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

Many years ago the great British explorer George Mallory, who was to die on Mount Everest, was asked why did he want…

— John F. Kennedy

We also need the provisions in the tax bill that will permit working mothers to increase the deduction from income tax liability…

— John F. Kennedy

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

Nearly forty years ago, a distinguished Prime Minister of this country ... said, 'They may not be angels but they are at…

— John F. Kennedy

Now the trumpet summons us again - not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need; not as a call…

— John F. Kennedy

In the years since man unlocked the power stored up within the atom, the world has made progress, halting, but effective, toward…

— John F. Kennedy