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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  • We hold the view that the people make the best judgment in the long run.
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  • We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth.
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  • We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.
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  • We prefer world law, in the age of self-determination, to world war in the age of mass extermination.
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  • We shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the succes of liberty.
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  • We stand today on the edge of a new frontier - the frontier of the 1960s, a frontier of unknown opportunities and perils, a frontier of unfulfilled hopes and threats. The new frontier of which I speak is not a set of promises - it is a set of challenges.
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  • We want to be first; not first if, not first but; but first!
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  • We will neglect our cities to our peril, for in neglecting them we neglect the nation.
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  • We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it.
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  • When power leads man towards 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.
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  • 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.
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  • When written in Chinese, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters - one represents danger and one represents opportunity.
    Indianapolis, 12-04-1959
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  • When you have seven percent unemployed, you have ninety-three percent working.
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  • World peace, like community peace, does not require that each man love his neighbor - it requires only that they live together with mutual tolerance, submitting their disputes to a just and peaceful settlement.
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  • Written in Chinese, the word crisis, is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represent opportunity.
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  • You can milk a cow the wrong way once and still be a farmer, but vote the wrong way on a water tower and you can be in trouble.
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  • I see little of more importance to the future of our country and of civilization than full recognition of the place of the artist. 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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  • Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.
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  • You never know what's hit you. A gunshot is the perfect way.
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