Quotes by John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

American politician

Lived from: 1917 - 1963

Category: Politics Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 29 may 1917 Died: 22 november 1963

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  • Don't buy a single vote more than necessary. I'll be damned if I'm going to pay for a landslide.
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  • Economic growth without social progress lets the great majority of people remain in poverty, while a privileged few reap the benefits of rising abundance.
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  • Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.
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  • Every American ought to have the right to be treated as he would wish to be treated, as one would wish his children to be treated. this is not the case.
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  • Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is also true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on.
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  • Failure has no friends.
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  • For of those to whom much is given, much is required.
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  • For without belittling the courage with which men have died, we should not forget those acts of courage with which men have lived.
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  • Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
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  • I am certain that after the dust of centuries has passed over our cities, we, too, will be remembered not for victories or defeats in battle or in politics, but for our contribution to the human spirit.
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  • I am not the Catholic candidate for President. I am the Democratic Party's candidate for President, who happens also to be a Catholic.
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  • I have just received the following wire from my generous Daddy. It says, ''Dear Jack: Don't buy a single vote more than is necessary. I'll be damned if I am going to pay for a landslide.''
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  • I never know when I press these whether I am going to blow up Massachusetts or start the project.
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  • I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered together at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.
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  • If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
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  • If anyone is crazy enough to want to kill a president of the United States, he can do it. All he must be prepared to do is give his life for the president s.
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  • If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.
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  • If we cannot end our differences at least we can make the world safe for diversity.
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  • In a time of domestic crisis men of good will and generosity should be able to unite regardless of party or politics.
    Civil Rights Address, 11-06-1963
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  • In free society art is not a weapon. Artists are not engineers of the soul.
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