John F. Kennedy Quotes
50. “The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger--but recognize the opportunity.”
49. “The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.”
48. “Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.”
46. “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.”
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45. “We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.”
44. “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."
43. “Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.”
41. “As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest
appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”
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39. “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”
38. “A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas have endurance without death.”
37. “Libraries should be open to all - except the censor.”
35. “If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.”
34. “One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.”
33. “To those whom much is given, much is expected.”
32. “The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie--deliberate, contrived and dishonest--but the myth--persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. Too often we hold fast to the cliches of our forebears. We subject all facts to a prefabricated set of interpretations. We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
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30. If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.”
29. “Liberty without Learning is always in peril and Learning without Liberty is always in vain.”
28. “Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.”
27. “Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.”
25. “Mankind must put an end to war - or war will put an end to mankind.”
24. “If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. 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 future. And we are all mortal.”
22. “Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures. And however undramatic the pursuit of peace, that pursuit must go on.”
20. “The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.”
19. “All of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and, therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears. We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea - whether it is to sail or to watch it - we are going back from whence we
came.”
18. “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.”
17. “Art is the great democrat, calling forth creative genius from every sector of society, disregarding race or religion or wealth or color”
16. “We cannot negotiate with people who say what's mine is mine and what's yours is negotiable."
15. “The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.”
14. “All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand days . . .nor even perhaps in our lifetime on
this planet. But let us begin.”
13. “A child miseducated is a child lost.”
12. “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.”
11. “Without debate, without criticism no administration and no country can succeed and no republic can survive.”
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10. “We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch - we are going back from whence we came.”
9. “I look forward to a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose”
8. “A man does what he must — in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers, and pressures — and that is the basis of all human morality.”
7. “The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy. A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures - and that is the basis of all morality.”
6. “I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: 'I served in the United States Navy.”
5. “We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth.”
4. “Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life, I find.”
3. “We need men who can dream of things that never were.”
2. “Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.”
1. “The supreme reality of our time is the vulnerability of our planet.”
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