Quotes from John F. Kennedy

A country is as strong, really, as its citizens. And I think that mental and physical health - mental and physical vigor - go hand in hand.

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

If you look throughout human history ... the central epiphany of every religious tradition always occurs in the wilderness.

American history is not something dead and over. It is always alive,always growing, always unfinished.

Let us resolve to be masters, not the victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions and emotions.

Of all the multitudes who throughout history have spoken for human dignity in times of great suffering and loss, no voice is more compelling than that of Anne Frank.

A tax cut means higher family income and higher business profits and a balanced federal budget.

Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future.

Every area of trouble gives out a ray of hope; and the one unchangeable certainty is that nothing is certain or unchangeable.

when my office would require me to either violate my conscience or violate the national interest, then I would resign the office; and I hope any conscientious public servant would do the same.

Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave.

The purpose of foreign policy is not to provide an outlet for our own sentiments of hope or indignation; it is to shape real events in a real world.

The stories of past courage... can offer hope, they can provide inspiration. But they cannot supply courage itself. For this each man must look into his own soul.

Our alliance is born, not of fear, but of hope. It is an alliance that advances what we are for, as well as opposes what we are against.

The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.

We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us through that darkness to a safe and sane future.

Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

All of us do not have equal talent, but all of us should have an equal opportunity to develop our talent.

To those whom much is given, much is expected.

My call is not to those who believe they belong to the past. My call is to those who believe in the future.

A journey to Thousand miles begins with one step

We stand today on the edge of a new frontier.

The human mind is our fundamental resource.

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.