John F. Kennedy Quotes - Page 10

• When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.

  John F. Kennedy

  Patriotic, Power, Men

  Remarks upon receiving an honorary degree from Amherst College, Amherst, Mass., 26 Oct. 1963

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• We are confronted primarily with a moral issue... whether all Americans are to be afforded equal rights and equal opportunities, whether we are going to treat our fellow Americans as we want to be treated.

  John F. Kennedy

  Opportunity, Rights, Issues

  Civil Rights Address, delivered 11 June 1963

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• Politics is like football; if you see daylight, go through the hole.

  John F. Kennedy

  Football, Motivational Sports, Political

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• 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

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• Sailing has given me some of the most pleasant and exciting moments of my life. It also has taught me something of the courage, resourcefulness, and strength of men who sail the seas in ships.

  John F. Kennedy

  Men, Sea, Sailing

  John F. Kennedy (2013). “The Letters of John F. Kennedy”, p.208, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• If men and women are in chains anywhere in the world, then freedom is endangered everywhere.

  John F. Kennedy

  Men, World, Chains

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• Immigration policy should be generous; it should be fair; it should be flexible. With such a policy we can turn to the world, and to our own past, with clean hands and a clear conscience.

  John F. Kennedy

  Past, Hands, Immigration

  President John F. Kennedy (2016). “A Nation Of Immigrants”, p.104, Pickle Partners Publishing

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• In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility - I welcome it.

  John F. Kennedy

  Freedom, Responsibility, Long

  Inaugural Address, 20 Jan. 1961

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• 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 that the interests of the great mass of the other people - the 150 or 160 million - is the responsibility of the president of the United States, and I propose to fulfill it.'

  John F. Kennedy

  Responsibility, People, Presidential

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• If at times our actions seem to make life difficult for others, it is only because history has made life difficult for us all.

  John F. Kennedy

  History, Our Actions, Made

  Kennedy, John F. (1964). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963”, p.19, Best Books on

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• If more politicians knew poetry, and more poets knew politics, I am convinced the world would be a little better place in which to live.

  John F. Kennedy

  Inspirational, Presidential, Intelligence

  John F. Kennedy's Speech at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, www.jfklibrary.org. June 14, 1956.

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• There is danger that totalitarian governments, not subject to vigorous popular debate, will underestimate the will and unity of democratic societies where vital interests are concerned.

  John F. Kennedy

  Government, Unity, Underestimate

  Kennedy, John F. (1962). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1961”, p.477, Best Books on

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• But if the life will not be easy, it will be rich and satisfying. For every young American who participates in the Peace Corps-who works in a foreign land-will know that he or she is sharing in the great common task of bringing to man that decent way of life which is the foundation of freedom and a condition of peace.

  John F. Kennedy

  Men, Land, Way

  Kennedy, John F. (1962). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1961”, p.135, Best Books on

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• We in this country, in this generation, are, by destiny rather than choice, the watchmen on the walls of world freedom.

  John F. Kennedy

  Country, Wall, War

  Undelivered Speech to the Dallas Citizens Council, delivered 22 November 1963, Trade Mart, Dallas, Texas

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• Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. Our requirements for world leadership, our hopes for economic growth, and the demands of citizenship itself in an era such as this all require the maximum development of every young American's capacity. The human mind is our fundamental resource.

  John F. Kennedy

  Education, Money, Growth

  Kennedy, John F. (1962). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1961”, p.107, Best Books on

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• Failure has no friends.

  John F. Kennedy

  Success, No Friends

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• Knowledge of the oceans is more than a matter of curiosity. Our very survival may hinge upon it.

  John F. Kennedy

  Ocean, Survival, Curiosity

  "John F. Kennedy: 1961 : containing the public messages, speeches, and statements of the president, January 20 to December 31, 1961" by John F. Kennedy, Washington: Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1962.

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• The wave of the future is not the conquest of the world by a single dogmatic creed but the liberation of the diverse energies of free nations and free men.

  John F. Kennedy

  Future, Men, Diversity

  Kennedy, John F. (1963). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1962”, p.265, Best Books on

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• Be aware of danger-but recognize the opportunity

  John F. Kennedy

  Opportunity, Danger

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• Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans - born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace.

  John F. Kennedy

  Peace, War, Torches

  Inaugural Address, 20 Jan. 1961

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• The most effective means of upholding the law is not the State policeman or the marshals or the National Guard. It is you. It lies in your courage to accept those laws with which you
  disagree as well as those with which you agree.

  John F. Kennedy

  Lying, Mean, Law

  John F. Kennedy (2013). “The Letters of John F. Kennedy”, p.122, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man

  John F. Kennedy

  Destiny, Men, May

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• 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 years here in the United States, and make sure that the United States - which I believe almost alone has maintained watch and ward for freedom - that the United States meet its responsibility. That is a wonderful challenge for us as a people.

  John F. Kennedy

  Believe, School, Responsibility

  "Remarks at the Cheney Stadium in Tacoma, Washington". September 27, 1963.

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• There is an old saying that the course of civilization is a race between catastrophe and education. In a democracy such as ours, we must make sure that education wins the race.

  John F. Kennedy

  Thank You, Teacher, Teaching

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• Freedom is indivisible, and when one man is enslaved, all are not free.

  John F. Kennedy

  Freedom, Men, Liberty

  Ich bin ein Berliner (I am a 'Berliner'), delivered 26 June 1963, West Berlin

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