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Let us resolve to be masters, not the victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions and emotions.
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace.
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans, born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage, and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today, at home and around the world
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Irrational barriers and ancient prejudices fall quickly when the question of survival itself is at stake.
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy
In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility-I welcome it.
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy
If I had to live my life over again, I would have a different father, a different wife and a different religion.
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy
I want to emphasize in the great concentration which we now place upon scientists and engineers how much we still need the men and women educated in the liberal tradition, willing to take the long look, undisturbed by prejudices and slogans of the moment, who attempt to make an honest judgment on difficult events.
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy
I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House-with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy
I look forward to an America which will not be afraid of grace and beauty.
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy
I hear it said that West Berlin is militarily untenable-and so was Bastogne, and so, in fact, was Stalingrad. Any danger spot is tenable if men-brave men-will make it so.
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy
I hope that no American ... will waste his franchise and throw away his vote by voting either for me or against me solely on account of my religious affiliation. It is not relevant.
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners, and necessity has made us allies. Those whom God has so joined together, let no man put asunder. (To Canadian Parliament)
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Ask not what your country can do for you ask what you can do for your country.
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy
And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you -- ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world, ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy
All this will not be finished in the first hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first thousand days, nor in the life of this administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin.
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy
All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words Ich bin ein Berliner
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Above all, we are coming to understand that the arts incarnate the creativity of a free people. When the creative impulse cannot flourish, when it cannot freely select its methods and objects, when it is deprived of spontaneity, then society severs the root of art.
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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.
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy
The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy
If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process.
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy
If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy
If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy
History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside.
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy