John F. Kennedy Quotes:- John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), commonly referred to by his initials JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963. He served at the height of the Cold War, and the majority of his presidency dealt with managing relations with the Soviet Union. A member of the Democratic Party, Kennedy represented Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate prior to becoming president.
Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, the second child of Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and Rose Kennedy. He graduated from Harvard University in 1940 and joined the U.S. Naval Reserve the following year. During World War II, he commanded a series of PT boats in the Pacific theater and earned the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for his service.
After the war, Kennedy represented the 11th congressional district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1947 to 1953. He was subsequently elected to the U.S. Senate and served as the junior Senator from Massachusetts from 1953 to 1960
Motivational John F. Kennedy Quotes
“A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.”-“-John F. Kennedy
“A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”-John F. Kennedy
“America has tossed its cap over the wall of space.”-John F. Kennedy
Inspirational John F. Kennedy Quotes
“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”-John F. Kennedy
“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.”-John F. Kennedy
“Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both.”-John F. Kennedy
“Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.”-John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy Quotes on realize
“Do you realize the responsibility I carry? I’m the only person standing between Richard Nixon and the White House.”-John F. Kennedy
“Domestic policy can only defeat us; foreign policy can kill us.”-John F. Kennedy
“Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.”-John F. Kennedy
“For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.”-John F. Kennedy
“Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.”-John F. Kennedy
“History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside.”-John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy Quotes on President
“I am not the Catholic candidate for President. I am the Democratic Party’s candidate for President, who happens also to be a Catholic.”-John F. Kennedy
“I am the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris, and I have enjoyed it.”-John F. Kennedy
“I don’t think the intelligence reports are all that hot. Some days I get more out of the New York Times.”-John F. Kennedy
“I think ‘Hail to the Chief’ has a nice ring to it.”-John F. Kennedy
“I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House – with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.”-John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy Quotes on Society
“If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.”-John F. Kennedy
“If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.”-John F. Kennedy
“If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.”-John F. Kennedy
“I’m an idealist without illusions.”-John F. Kennedy
“In a time of domestic crisis, men of goodwill and generosity should be able to unite regardless of party or politics.”-John F. Kennedy
“In a very real sense, it will not be one man going to the moon it will be an entire nation. For all of us must work to put him there.”-John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy Quotes on Peace
“It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.”-John F. Kennedy
“It might be said now that I have the best of both worlds. A Harvard education and a Yale degree.”-John F. Kennedy
“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”-John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy Quotes on Negotiate
“Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.”-John F. Kennedy
“Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all.”-John F. Kennedy
“Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.”-John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy Quotes on Parenting
“Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don’t want them to become politicians in the process.”-John F. Kennedy
“My brother Bob doesn’t want to be in government – he promised Dad he’d go straight.”-John F. Kennedy
“My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”-John F. Kennedy
“Now we have a problem in making our power credible, and Vietnam is the place.”-John F. Kennedy
“Once you say you’re going to settle for second, that’s what happens to you in life.”-John F. Kennedy
“Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security.”-John F. Kennedy
“Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource.”-John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy Quotes on Politics
“Politics is like football; if you see daylight, go through the hole.”-John F. Kennedy
“Sure it’s a big job; but I don’t know anyone who can do it better than I can.”-John F. Kennedy
“The basic problems facing the world today are not susceptible to a military solution.”-John F. Kennedy
“The best road to progress is freedom’s road.”-John F. Kennedy
“The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.”-John F. Kennedy
“The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.”-John F. Kennedy
“The human mind is our fundamental resource.”-John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy Quotes on Democracy
“The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.”-John F. Kennedy
“The pay is good and I can walk to work.”-John F. Kennedy
“The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.”-John F. Kennedy
“The United States has to move very fast to even stand still.”-John F. Kennedy
“There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long-range risks of comfortable inaction.”-John F. Kennedy
“Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.”-John F. Kennedy
“Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.”-John F. Kennedy
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.”-John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy Quotes on Commitment
“Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one’s own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.”-John F. Kennedy
“Too often we… enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”-John F. Kennedy
“Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes… can no longer be of concern to great powers alone.”-John F. Kennedy
“Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.”-John F. Kennedy
“Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm.”-John F. Kennedy
“We cannot expect that all nations will adopt like systems, for conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.”-John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy Quotes on Power
“We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world or to make it the last.”-John F. Kennedy
“We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.”-John F. Kennedy
“We prefer world law in the age of self-determination to world war in the age of mass extermination.”-John F. Kennedy
“We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it.”-John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy Quotes on an opportunity
“When written in Chinese, the word ‘crisis’ is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents an opportunity.”-John F. Kennedy
