John F. Kennedy Quotes

No one has been barred on account of his race from fighting or dying for America, there are no white or colored signs on the foxholes or graveyards of battle.
John F. Kennedy

Battle, America, Fighting

All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words 'Ich bin ein Berliner!'
John F. Kennedy

The basic problems facing the world today are not susceptible to a military solution.
John F. Kennedy

War, Today, Problems

Politics is like football; if you see daylight, go through the hole.
John F. Kennedy

Politics, Football, Through

We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out of work, they have the talent to put those men back to work.
John F. Kennedy

My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go straight.
John F. Kennedy

Politics, Government, Dad

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

Power, Best, History

I'm an idealist without illusions.
John F. Kennedy

Illusions, Idealist

The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.
John F. Kennedy

Education, Truth, Knowledge

We stand today on the edge of a new frontier - the frontier of the 1960's - a frontier of unknown opportunities and perils - a frontier of unfulfilled hopes and threats.
John F. Kennedy

Today, Stand, Unknown

We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it.
John F. Kennedy

History, Live, Once

Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all.
John F. Kennedy

Khrushchev reminds me of the tiger hunter who has picked a place on the wall to hang the tiger's skin long before he has caught the tiger. This tiger has other ideas.
John F. Kennedy

Long, Before, Place

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

Freedom, Enemy, Cannot

Do you realize the responsibility I carry? I'm the only person standing between Richard Nixon and the White House.
John F. Kennedy

Person, Between, Realize

Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm.
John F. Kennedy

City, Washington, Charm

America has tossed its cap over the wall of space.
John F. Kennedy

America, Space, Wall

When we got into office, the thing that surprised me most was to find that things were just as bad as we'd been saying they were.
John F. Kennedy

Bad, Saying, Find

For in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's futures. And we are all mortal.
John F. Kennedy

Children, Small, Same

The human mind is our fundamental resource.
John F. Kennedy

Mind, Human, Resource

We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.
John F. Kennedy

Time, Tool, Couch

It might be said now that I have the best of both worlds. A Harvard education and a Yale degree.
John F. Kennedy

Graduation, Education, Best

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

Great, War, Alone

I'm always rather nervous about how you talk about women who are active in politics, whether they want to be talked about as women or as politicians.
John F. Kennedy

Politics, Women, Talk

The pay is good and I can walk to work.
John F. Kennedy

Work, Good, Walk

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: President

Born: May 29, 1917

Died: November 22, 1963

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