A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.Remarks Recorded for the Opening of a USIA Transmitter at Greenville, North Carolina, February 8, 1963, Public Papers of the Presidents: John F. Kennedy, 1963
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John F. Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. He was known for his charismatic leadership, efforts to promote civil rights, and for initiating the Apollo space program, which led to the successful moon landing in 1969.
1917–1963·lived 46 years
A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.Remarks Recorded for the Opening of a USIA Transmitter at Greenville, North Carolina, February 8, 1963, Public Papers of the Presidents: John F. Kennedy, 1963
When written in Chinese, the word ‘crisis’ is composed of two characters―one represents danger and the other represents opportunity.Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Convocation of the United Negro College Fund, Indianapolis, Indiana, April 12, 1959
A journey to Thousand miles begins with one stepThe Wicked Wit of John F. Kennedy, 2003
Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.Commencement Address, Harvard University, 1963
Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal.Commencement Address, American University, 1963
I think 'Hail to the Chief' has a nice ring to it.
One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.Jacqueline Kennedy's statement for the brochure of the 1964 traveling exhibit of the future John F. Kennedy Library, 1964
We must use time as a tool, not as a couchCommencement Address, University of California, Berkeley, 1962
Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thoughtYale University Commencement Address, delivered 11 June 1962
If not us, who? If not now, when?Commencement Address, American University, 1963
Every accomplishment starts with a decision to try.Strike with Decisive Action, Greatness Club
For those to whom much is given, much is required.President Kennedy's Speech at Vanderbilt University, 1963
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.Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961
The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.Commencement Address, Harvard University, 1963
If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.Commencement Address, Yale University, 1962
Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.A Nation of Immigrants, 1964
Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.The President's News Conference, 1961
The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty, and all forms of human life.Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961
A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.Remarks on the 20th Anniversary of the Voice of America, February 26, 1962
Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.Remarks Prepared for Delivery at the Trade Mart in Dallas, The American Presidency Project
The pay is good and I can walk to work.Every president has had a sense of humor, except one, People, 2023
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.Remarks at Amherst College Upon Receiving an Honorary Degree, 26 October 1963
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.Address to the diplomatic corps of the Latin American republics, March 13, 1962
The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.Commencement Address, Yale University, 1962
Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.Speech at the Coliseum, Raleigh, North Carolina, 17 September 1960
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.John F. Kennedy's Second State of the Union Address, January 11, 1962
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.Proclamation 3560—Thanksgiving Day, 1963
Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process.Mothers, Presidents, and Politicians, AEI, 2023
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive.Commencement Address at American University, Washington, D.C., June 10, 1963
Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity.The Soft American
Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.
Change is the law of life and those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.Address in the Assembly Hall at the Paulskirche in Frankfurt, June 25, 1963, Public Papers of the Presidents: John F. Kennedy, 1963
Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.Inaugural Address, Washington D.C., 1961
That’s all 36 quotes by John F. Kennedy.