A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.
-- John F. Kennedy
In free society art is not a weapon... artists are not engineers of the soul.
-- John F. Kennedy
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
-- John F. Kennedy
The ancient Greek definition of happiness was the full use of your powers along lines of excellence.
-- John F. Kennedy
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
-- John F. Kennedy
There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.
-- John F. Kennedy
We stand for freedom. That is our conviction for ourselves; that is our only commitment to others.
-- John F. Kennedy
We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth.
-- John F. Kennedy
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
We need men who can dream of things that never were.
-- John F. Kennedy
The greatest enemy of the truth is very often not the lie--delierate, contrived, and dishonest, but the myth persistent, peruasive, and unrealistic. Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
-- John F. Kennedy
It's easy, they sank my boat.
-- John F. Kennedy
There will always be dissident voices heard in the land expressing opposition without alternatives, finding fault but never favor, perceiving gloom on every side, and seeking influence without responsibility.
-- John F. Kennedy
The wave of the future is not the conquest of the world by a single dogmatic creed but the liberation of the diverse energies of free nations and free men.
-- John F. Kennedy
If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for more wise men reading more good books in more public libraries. These libraries should be open to all -- except the censor. We must know all the facts and hear all the alternatives and listen to all the criticisms. Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors. For the Bill of Rights is the guardian of our security as well as our liberty.
-- John F. Kennedy
I have, therefore, chosen this time and this place to discuss a topic on which ignorance too often abounds and the truth is too rarely perceived
-- John F. Kennedy
Conformity is that jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
-- John F. Kennedy
If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can make the world safe for diversity.
-- John F. Kennedy
All over the world, particularly in the newer nations, young men are coming to power - men who are not bound by the traditions of the past - men who are not blinded by the old fears and hates and rivalries - young men who can cast off the old slogans and delusions and suspicions.
-- John F. Kennedy
But I tell you the New Frontier is here, whether we seek it or not. Beyond that frontier are uncharted areas of science and space, unsolved problems of peace and war, unconquererd pockets of ignorance and prejudice, unanswered questions of poverty and surplus.
It would be easy to shrink back from that frontier, to look to the safe mediocrity of the past, to be lulled by good intentions and high rhetoric...
-- John F. Kennedy
For courage - not complacency - is our need today - leadership - not salesmanship.
-- John F. Kennedy
All mankind waits upon our decision. A whole world looks to see what we will do. We cannot fail their trust, we cannot fail to try.
-- John F. Kennedy
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
-- John F. Kennedy
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