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United States Quotes by John F. Kennedy
- We set sail on this new sea because there is new knowledge to be gained, and new rights to be won, and they must be…
- Events of October 1962 indicated, as they had all through history, that control of the sea means security. Control of the seas can mean peace.…
- There is no city in the United States in which I can get a warmer welcome and fewer votes than Columbia, Ohio.
- The day before my inauguration President Eisenhower told me, You'll find that no easy problems ever come to the President of the United States. If…
- In those countries where income taxes are lower than in the United States, the ability to defer the payment of U.S. tax by retaining income…
- With all of the history of war, and the human race's history unfortunately has been a good deal more war than peace, with nuclear weapons…
- Now let me make it clear that I believe there can only be one defense policy for the United States and that is summed up…
- 'The green beret' is again becoming a symbol of excellence, a badge of courage, a mark of distinction in the fight for freedom. I know…
- If all of you had voted the other way - there's about 5500 of you here tonight - I would not be the President of…
- When I ran for Presidency of the United States, I knew that this country faced serious challenges, but I could not realize - nor could…
- Harry Truman once said, 'There are 14 or 15 million Americans who have the resources to have representatives in Washington to protect their interests, and…
- I ask particularly that those of you who are now in school will prepare yourselves to bear the burden of leadership over the next 40…
- I can assure you that every degree of mind and spirit that I possess will be devoted to the long-range interests of the United States…
- The United States of America has no intention of finishing second in space. This effort is expensive-but it pays its way for freedom and for…
- 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…
- ... the United States was not built by those who waited and rested and wished to look behind them. This country was conquered by those…
- In addition, the United States Delegation will suggest a series of steps to improve the United Nations machinery for the peaceful settlement of disputes... -…
- Few nations do more than the United States to assist their least fortunate citizens-to make certain that no child, no elderly or handicapped citizen, no…
- Anyone who is honestly seeking a job and can't find it, deserves the attention of the United States government, and the people.
- President Roosevelt and President Truman and President Eisenhower had the same experience, they all made the effort to get along with the Russians. But every…
- And lastly, Chairman Khrushchev has compared the United States to a worn-out runner living on its past performance, and stated that the Soviet Union would…
- The United States has to move very fast to even stand still.
- If anyone is crazy enough to want to kill a president of the United States, he can do it. All he must be prepared to…
- I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life…
- We must face the fact that the United States is neither omnipotent nor omniscient, that we cannot impose our will upon the other 94 percent…
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- I mean there's enormous pressures to harmonize freedom of speech legislation and transparency legislation around the world - within the E.U., between… — Julian Assange
- In the United States Christmas has become the rape of an idea. — Richard Bach
- I think, as a general matter, clearly, the United States globally supports the development of democracy and the democratic yearnings of all… — Richard Armitage
- Fundamentalists are not friends of democracy. And that includes your fundamentalists in the United States. — Karen Armstrong
- I may be president of the United States, but my private life is nobody's damned business. — Chester A. Arthur
- If the national mental illness of the United States is megalomania, that of Canada is paranoid schizophrenia. — Margaret Atwood
- Foreignness is all around. Only in the heart of the heart of the country, namely the heart of the United States, can… — Margaret Atwood
- We have the most beautiful planet - the Rockies, the purple fields of the United States, the Lake District, the Pyrenees, the… — Dan Aykroyd
- My view of foreign policy is that we need to be careful and circumspect about United States intervention in any foreign nation. — Michele Bachmann
- Never in the history of the United States have we cut back on troops when we've been at war. — Michele Bachmann
- When you are running for the presidency of the United States, you have to expect that you are going to have attacks… — Michele Bachmann