John F. Kennedy

Real men stay faithful. They dont have time to look for other women because theyre too busy looking for new ways to love their own.

And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

The exploration of space will go ahead whether we join in it or not and it is one of the great adventures of all time and no nation which expects to be the leader of other nations can expect to stay behind in this race for space.

Mankind must put an end to war, before war puts an end to mankind.

Sure it's a big job; but I don't know anyone who can do it better than I can.

I think 'Hail to the Chief' has a nice ring to it.

I'm always rather nervous about how you talk about women who are active in politics, whether they want to be talked about as women or as politicians.

Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

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

Forbidden fruit tastes sweet but its aftertaste is bitter.

We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it.

Physical fitness is not only one of the most iportant keys to a healthy body it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity.

The basic problems facing the world today are not susceptible to a military solution.

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

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

Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.

We cannot be satisfied with things as they are. We cannot be satisfied to drift, to rest on our oars, to glide over a sea whose depths are shaken by subterranean upheavals.

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty.

We celebrate the past to awaken the future.

Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process.

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

The human mind is our fundamental resource.

In a time of domestic crisis, men of goodwill and generosity should be able to unite regardless of party or politics.

We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For 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.

Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption or both.

Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.

The credit of success is claimed by all while a disaster is attributed to one alone.

The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men who can dream of things that never were.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.

We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

Automation does not need to be our enemy. I think machines can make life easier for men, if men do not let the machines dominate them.

If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.

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 time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

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.

The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

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

Change is the law of life and those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

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.

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.

Partnership is not a posture but a process-a continuous process that grows stronger each year as we devote ourselves to common tasks.

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.

The tax on capital gains directly affects investment decisions, the mobility and flow of risk capital... the ease or difficulty experienced by new ventures in obtaining capital, and thereby the strength and potential for growth in the economy.

For to save mankind's future freedom, we must face up to any risk that is necessary. We will always seek peace

The most ideal approach to advance is the way of opportunity.

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

Each increase of tension has produced an increase of arms; each increase of arms has produced an increase of tension.

A child miseducated is a child lost.

In a very real sense, it will not be one man going to the moon it will be an entire nation. For all of us must work to put him there.

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.

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. And man can be a s big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.

My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go straight.

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

Leadership and learning are indispensable to one another.

We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch-we are going back from whence we came

I speak of peace, therefore, as the necessary rational end of rational men. I realize the pursuit of peace is not as dramatic as the pursuit of war? But we have no more urgent task.

My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

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

We want to be first not first if not first but but first

Only in winter can you tell which trees are truly green. Only when the winds of adversity blow can you tell whether an individual or a country has steadfastness.

I am the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris, and I have enjoyed it.

Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes... can no longer be of concern to great powers alone.

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.

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.

Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage the arts and commerce.

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.

The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.

Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.

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

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

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.

We go into space because whatever mankind must undertake, free men must fully share.

We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch ? we are going back from whence we came

To state the facts frankly is not to despair the future nor indict the past. The prudent heir takes careful inventory of his legacies and gives a faithful accounting to those whom he owes an obligation of trust.

Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security.

Do you realize the responsibility I carry? I'm the only person standing between Richard Nixon and the White House.

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

Modern cynics and skeptics see no harm in paying those to whom they entrust the minds of their children a smaller wage than is paid to those to whom they entrust the care of their plumbing.

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.

The exploration of space will go ahead, whether we join in it or not, and it is one of the great adventures of all time, and no nation which expects to be the leader of other nations can expect to stay behind in the race for space.

Irrational barriers and ancient prejudices fall quickly when the question of survival itself is at stake.

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.

In giving rights to others which belong to them, we give rights to ourselves.

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

Modern cynics and skeptics... see no harm in paying those to whom they entrust the minds of their children a smaller wage than is paid to those to whom they entrust the care of their plumbing.

We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out of work, they have the talent to put those men back to work.

The pay is good and I can walk to work.

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.

I believe in a president whose religious views are his own private affair, neither imposed by him upon the nation or imposed by the nation upon him as a condition to holding that office.

A man may die nations may rise and fall but an idea lives on. Ideas have endurance without death.

My father always told me that all businessmen were sons of bitches, but I never believed it till now.

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

We cannot negotiate with people who say what's mine is mine and what's yours is negotiable.

For of those to whom much is given much is required.

We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch, we are going back from whence we came.

Now we have a problem in making our power credible, and Vietnam is the place.

It might be said now that I have the best of both worlds. A Harvard education and a Yale degree.