John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29, 1917 - November 22, 1963), often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his death in 1963. Click for full Wikipedia article.
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.
Domestic policy can only lose elections. Foreign policy can kill us.
Even today, there is little value in opposing the threat of a closed society by imitating its arbitrary restrictions. Even today, there is little value in insuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it.
For those to whom much is given, much is required.
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
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.
I don't think the intelligence reports are all that hot. Some days I get more out of The New York Times.
If a nation cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.
If we are strong, our character will speak for itself. If we are weak, words will be of no help.
If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.
In politics you have no friends, only allies.
Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.
Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be President but they don't want them to become politicians in the process.
My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government- he promised Dad he'd go straight.
My father always told me that all businessmen were sons of bitches, but I never believed it until now.
The basis of effective government is public confidence and that confidence is endangered when ethical standards falter, or appear to falter.
The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie- deliberate, contrived and dishonest- but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.
The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds.
The mere absence of war is not peace.
The state is the servant of the citizen, and not his master.
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
The unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity of opinion.
There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.
There will always be dissident voices heard in the land, expressing opposition without alternatives, finding fault but never favor, perceiving gloom on every side and seeking influence without responsibility. Those voices are inevitable.
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
Unless liberty flourishes in all lands, it cannot flourish in one.
War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.
Washington is a city of southern efficiency and northern charm.
We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For 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.
We celebrate the past to awaken the future.
We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth.
It's also the birthday of G.K. Chesterton.
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