As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation
is not to utter words, but to live by them.
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK)
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 Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK)
Happiness: The full use of your powers along lines of excellence
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK)
We must use time as a tool, not as a crutch.
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK)
Let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help,
but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own.
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK)
Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president but
they don't want them to become politicians in the process
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK)
Those who sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK)
Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy U.S. Democratic politician and president
Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your count
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy (originally Marcus Tullius Cicero)
We should not let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes.
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy
And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you -
ask what you can do for your country.
- John F. Kennedy
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.
- John F. Kennedy Inaugural Address Washington, D.C. January 20, 1961
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