John F. Kennedy Quotes About Writing

• The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger--but recognize the opportunity.

  John F. Kennedy

  Inspirational, Life, Writing

  Speech in Indianapolis, Indiana, April 12, 1959.

• Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors.

  John F. Kennedy

  Book, Writing, Library

  Saturday Review, p. 44, October 29, 1960.

• I believe in an America where the rights that I have described are enjoyed by all, regardless of their race or their creed or their national origin - where every citizen is free to think and speak as he pleases and write and worship as he pleases - and where every citizen is free to vote as he pleases, without instructions from anyone, his employer, the union leader or his clergyman.

  John F. Kennedy

  Inspirational, Believe, Writing

  Speech at Convention Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, www.presidency.ucsb.edu. October 31, 1960.

• There is a terrific disadvantage in not having the abrasive quality of the press applied to you daily. Even though we never like it, and even though we wish they didn't write it, and even though we disapprove, there isn't any doubt that we could not do the job at all in a free society without a very, very active press.

  John F. Kennedy

  Jobs, Writing, Media

• Whether I serve one or two terms in the Presidency, I will find myself at the end of that period at what might be called the awkward age-too old to begin a new career and too young to write my memoirs.

  John F. Kennedy

  Writing, Careers, Two

  John F. Kennedy, Dominique Enright (2003). “The Wicked Wit of John F. Kennedy”, Michael O'Mara Books

• To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44 would have kept Jefferson from writing the Declaration of Independence, Washington from commanding the Continental Army, Madison from fathering the Constitution, Hamilton from serving as secretary of the treasury, Clay from being elected speaker of the House and Christopher Columbus from discovering America.

  John F. Kennedy

  Writing, Army, America

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