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Public Quotes by John F. Kennedy
- The problem of power is how to achieve its responsible use rather than its irresponsible and indulgent use; of how to get men of power…
- Student loans have been helpful to many. But they offer neither incentive nor assistance to those students who, by reason of family or other obligations,…
- The basis of effective government is public confidence.
- There is a connection, hard to explain logically but easy to feel, between achievement in public life and progress in the arts. The age of…
- I believe in an America that is officially neither Catholic, Protestant nor Jewish; where no public official either requests or accepts instructions on public policy…
- The American Labor Movement has consistently demonstrated its devotion to the public interest. It is, and has been, good for all America.
- This is a great country and requires a good deal of all of us, so I can imagine nothing more important than for all of…
- One hundred and fifty years ago the vacant lands of the West were opened to private use. One hundred years ago the Congress passed the…
- The basis of effective government is public confidence, and that confidence is endangered when ethical standards falter or appear to falter.
- I know few significant questions of public policy which can safely be confided to computers. In the end, the hard decisions inescapably involve imponderables of…
- No President should fear public scrutiny of his program. For from that scrutiny comes understanding; and from that understanding comes support or opposition and both…
- The Kennedy Administration's public pronouncements on the matter suggested that the presence of Soviet nuclear missiles in Castro's Cuba would represent an unacceptable strategic threat…
- There is a connection, hard to explain logically but easy to feel, between achievement in public life and progress in the arts.
- The lower the family income, the higher the probability that the mother must work. Today, 1 out of 5 of these working mothers has children…
- Some of my colleagues who are criticized today for lack of forthright principles-or who are looked upon with scorn as compromising "politicians"-are simply engaged in…
- I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute - where no Catholic prelate would tell the president (should he…
- To sound the alarm is not to panic but to seek action from an aroused public.
- A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist…
- If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for…
- All students, members of the faculty, and public officials in both Mississippi and the Nation will be able, it is hoped, to return to their…
- I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute - where no Catholic prelate would tell the president (should he…
- If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for…
- There is too little public recognition of how much we all depend upon farmers as stewards of our soil, water and wildlife resources.
More Public Quotes
- I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe… — Dean Acheson
- Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to swallow them… — Paul Auster
- NASA has been one of the most successful public investments in motivating students to do well and achieve all they can achieve.… — Neil Armstrong
- The extravagant expenditure of public money is an evil not to be measured by the value of that money to the people… — Chester A. Arthur
- Dare to risk public criticism. — Mary Kay Ash
- We get information in the mail, the regular postal mail, encrypted or not, vet it like a regular news organization, format it… — Julian Assange
- Public opinion is no more than this: what people think that other people think. — Alfred Austin
- The public character of every public servant is legitimate subject of discussion, and his fitness or unfitness for office may be fairly… — Charles Babbage
- It will be readily admitted, that a degree conferred by an university, ought to be a pledge to the public that he… — Charles Babbage
- Some people will go to the opening of an envelope. They live their lives in the public eye and get off on… — Jensen Ackles
- I am a woman with a calling for social struggle and public service. — Michelle Bachelet
- The possibility of my presidential candidacy emerged spontaneously in public opinion polls. For my part, I noticed people's affection when I was… — Michelle Bachelet