John F. Kennedy

Mankind must achieve a world without war.

The future promise of any nation can be measured by the present prospects of its youth.

Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.

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.

I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth.

The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is its inefficiency.

Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm.

When we got into the White House, I found that the President gets a lot of advice, but he doesn't get many laughs.

Mothers may still want their sons to grow up to be President, but according to a recent survey, they don't want them to become a Congressman.

The United States is not a nation of black and white people. It is a nation of immigrants.

I am not the first President to be shot at. I don't intend to be the last.

There are three things which are real: God, human folly, and laughter. The first two are beyond our comprehension. So we must do what we can with the third.

When power leads man to arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.

The greatest danger in the present world is the possibility of the Soviet Union believing that the United States has reached the point of no return. We are not there yet.

Domestic policy can only defeat us; foreign policy can kill us.

No American is free to choose his own life, to earn his own living, to be educated, to marry, to raise a family, to enjoy the fruits of his labor, to vote as he chooses, to worship as he pleases, to speak as he thinks, to write as he feels, to go where he wills, to be secure in his person and his property, to have his day in court, to be protected by the laws of his land, if he is denied the full and equal right to vote.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

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 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.

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.