John F. Kennedy Quotes About Mankind

• Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.

  John F. Kennedy

  Inspirational, Peace, Strong

• 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

  Historical, Experience, Generations

  Final Address to the United Nations General Assembly, delivered 20 September 1963, New York, NY

• The war against hunger is truly mankind's war of liberation.

  John F. Kennedy

  War, Justice, Poverty

• Never before has man had such a great capacity to control his own environment, to end hunger, poverty and disease, to banish illiteracy and human misery. We have the power to make the best generation of mankind in the history of the world.

  John F. Kennedy

  Men, Hunger Poverty, Volunteer

• Let us examine our attitude toward peace itself. Too many of us think it is impossible. Too many think it unreal. But that is a dangerous, defeatist belief. It leads to the conclusion that war is inevitable, that mankind is doomed, that we are gripped by forces we cannot control. We need not accept that view. Our problems are manmade; therefore they can be solved by man. And man can be as big as be wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.

  John F. Kennedy

  Peace, Attitude, War

  American University Commencement Address, delivered 10 June 1963

• 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 of mankind, that we cannot right every wrong or reverse every adversity, and that therefore there cannot be an American solution to every world problem.

  John F. Kennedy

  Adversity, Faces, Facts

• I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth. No single space project...will be more exciting, or more impressive to mankind, or more important...and none will be so difficult or expensive to accomplish.

  John F. Kennedy

  Believe, Moon, Men

  Special message to joint session of Congress on urgent national needs, 25 May 1961

• The efforts of governments alone will never be enough. In the end, the people must choose and the people must help themselves.

  John F. Kennedy

  Government, People, Effort

  Latin American Diplomatic Corps Reception Speech, delivered day 13 March 1961, East Room, White House

• For to save mankind's future freedom, we must face up to any risk that is necessary. We will always seek peace - but we will never surrender.

  John F. Kennedy

  Freedom, Risk, Faces

  Address at the University of Washington's 100th Anniversary Program, www.jfklibrary.org. November 16, 1961.

• We go into space because whatever mankind must undertake, free men must fully share.

  John F. Kennedy

  Men, Space, Apollo

  Speech to Congress on Urgent National Needs, delivered 25 May 1961, Washington, D.C.

• If scientific discovery has not been an unalloyed blessing, if it has conferred on mankind the power not only to create but also to annihilate, it has at the same time provided humanity with a supreme challenge and a supreme testing

  John F. Kennedy

  Blessing, Discovery, Challenges

  Kennedy, John F. (1964). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963”, p.806, Best Books on

• The Family of Man is more than 3 billion strong. It lives in more than 100 nations. Most of its members are not white. Most of them are not Christians. Most of them know nothing about free enterprise or due process of law or the Australian ballot.

  John F. Kennedy

  Christian, Strong, Men

  "Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963".

• Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes. It can no longer concern the Great Powers alone. For a nuclear disaster, spread by wind and water and fear, could well engulf the great and the small, the rich and the poor, the committed and the uncommitted alike. Mankind must put an end to war--or war will put an end to mankind.

  John F. Kennedy

  War, Wind, Water

  Address to the United Nations General Assembly, delivered 25 September 1961

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