Kennedy Quotes

The time to repair the roof is when the sun is sh

Freedom is indivisible, and when one man is enslaved, all are not free. JFK

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 earth.

I'm shadowboxing in a match the shadow is always going to win. (as a young man battling his deceased brother's heroic legacy)

We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are

The life of the arts, far from being an interruption, a distraction, in the life of the nation, is close to the center of a nation's purpose - and is a test to the quality of a nation's civilization.

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 future. And we are all mortal.

When written in Chinese the word crisis is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.

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.

When power narrows the area of man's concern poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence.

The one unchangeable certainty is that nothing is certain or unchangeable.

Change is the law of life.

There is in addition to a courage with which men die a courage by which men must live.

Once you say you're going to settle for second that's what happens to you in life I find.

Once you say you're going to settle for second that's what happens to you.

When we got into office the thing that surprised me most was to find that things were just as bad as we'd been saying they were.

I am not so much concerned with the right of everyone to say anything he pleases as I am about our need as self-governing people to hear everything relevant.

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.'

We must use time as a tool not as a crutch.

Too often we . . . enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

If we are strong our strength will speak for itself. If we are weak words will be no help.

I just received the following wire from my generous Daddy "Dear Jack: Don't buy a single vote more than necessary. I'll be damned if I am going to pay for a landslide."

If we cannot now end our differences at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.

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

I don't see what's wrong with giving Bobby a little experience before he starts to practise law.

I am sorry to say there is too much point to the wise crack that life is extinct on other planets because their scientists were more advanced than ours.

The complacent the self-indulgent the soft societies are about to be swept away with the debris of history.

Don't let it be forgot That once there was a spot -For one brief shining moment That was known as Camelot.

Anyone who is honestly seeking a job and can't find it deserves the attention of the United States government and the people.

When written in Chinese the word "crisis" is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.

The world of sports knows no religious, racial or political differences. Athletes, from whatever land they come, speak the same language. The lessons of competition are lessons for life.

I come from a family that has always emphasized and enjoyed sports - golf, tennis, football, baseball and the rest.

One of the primary purposes of civilization - and certainly its primary strength - is the guarantee that family life can flourish in unity, peace, and order.

Communism everywhere has paid the price of rigidity and dogmatism. Freedom has the strength of compassion and flexibility. It has, above all, the strength of intellectual honesty.

Lack of education, old age, bad health or discrimination - these are causes of poverty, and the way to attack it is to go to the root.

From the first moment of independence, the United States has been dedicated to innovation as a way of government and a way of life.

The United States was born in revolution and nurtured by struggle. Throughout our history, the American people have befriended and supported all those who seek independence and a better way of life.

There are two kinds of women, those who want power in the world and those who want power in bed.

Hand in hand with freedom of speech goes the power to be heard, to share in the decisions of government which shape men's lives.

If I get to be president, what can I do anyway? With Congress and the press, what chance do I have to make basic changes?

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

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 am deeply impressed with the gravity and wisdom with which most federal judges approach the responsibility of sentencing. It is a difficult, soul-searching task at best.

Some men see things as they are, and ask why. I dream of things that never were, and ask why not.

We must continue to prove to the world that we can provide a rising standard of living for all men without loss of civil rights or human dignity to any man.

In my judgment, physical fitness is basic to all forms of excellence and to a strong, confident nation.

For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.

We have very strong environmental laws in the United States and elsewhere around the world. The problem is that they're seldom enforced.

I always knew that I was going be an environmental advocate when I was very young.

No one needs to tell me about the importance of the free press in a democratic society or about the essential role a newspaper can play in its community.