Ideas lose themselves as quickly as quail, and one must wing them the minute they rise out of the grass, or they are gone.


Thomas F. Kennedy

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No one has been barred on account of his race from fighting or dying for America, there are no white...
JOHN F. KENNEDY
All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take p...
JOHN F. KENNEDY
The margin is narrow, but the responsibility is clear.
JOHN F. KENNEDY
They follow the Hitler line - no matter how big the lie; repeat it often enough and the masses will ...
JOHN F. KENNEDY
If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. For, i...
JOHN F. KENNEDY
If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.
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JOHN F. KENNEDY
Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.

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JOHN F. KENNEDY
One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.
JOHN F. KENNEDY
I looked on child rearing not only as a work of love and duty but as a profession that was fully as ...
ROSE F. KENNEDY
If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament
ROSE F. KENNEDY
We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us thru that darkness ...
JOHN F. KENNEDY
The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; th...
JOHN F. KENNEDY
We must use time as a tool, not as a crutch.
JOHN F. KENNEDY
When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows th...
JOHN F. KENNEDY
But peace does not rest in the charters and covenants alone. It lies in the hearts and minds of all ...
JOHN F. KENNEDY
The quality of American life must keep pace with the quantity of American goods. This country cannot...
JOHN F. KENNEDY
Do you realize the responsibility I carry? I'm the only person standing between Nixon and the White ...
JOHN F. KENNEDY
When I became President, what surprised me most was that things were just as bad as I'd been saying ...
JOHN F. KENNEDY
When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of h...
JOHN F. KENNEDY
Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, we shall pay any price, bear any burden, me...
JOHN F. KENNEDY
Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fun...
JOHN F. KENNEDY
Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been pas...
JOHN F. KENNEDY
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable.
JOHN F. KENNEDY
Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind.
JOHN F. KENNEDY
And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you -- ask what you can do for you...
JOHN F. KENNEDY
Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind.
JOHN F. KENNEDY
A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors, the men it re...
JOHN F. KENNEDY
All of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean,...
JOHN F. KENNEDY
He knows all the facts, and he's against all the solutions.
ROBERT F. KENNEDY
Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, the ...
ROBERT F. KENNEDY
Justice delayed is democracy denied.
ROBERT F. KENNEDY
We have come too far, we have sacrificed too much, to disdain the future now.
JOHN F. KENNEDY
We believe that if men have the talent to invent need machines that put men out of work, they have t...
JOHN F. KENNEDY
There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the long-range risks an...
JOHN F. KENNEDY
The stories of past courage can define that ingredient-they can teach, they can offer hope, they can...
JOHN F. KENNEDY
The great French Marshall Lyautey once asked his gardener to plant a tree. The gardener objected tha...
JOHN F. KENNEDY
The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie -- deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but t...
JOHN F. KENNEDY
The ancient Greek definition of happiness was the full use of your powers along lines of excellence.
JOHN F. KENNEDY
The American, by nature, is optimistic. He is experimental, an inventor and a builder who builds bes...
JOHN F. KENNEDY
So, let us not be blind to our differences - but let us also direct attention to our common interest...
JOHN F. KENNEDY
Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. No problem of human destiny is beyon...
JOHN F. KENNEDY
Liberty without learning is always in peril; learning without liberty is always in vain.
JOHN F. KENNEDY
Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us t...
JOHN F. KENNEDY
Let us never negotiate out of fear but let us never fear to negotiate.
JOHN F. KENNEDY
If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.
JOHN F. KENNEDY
I would rather be accused of breaking precedents than breaking promises.
JOHN F. KENNEDY
Democracy and defense are not substitutes for one another. Either alone will fail.
JOHN F. KENNEDY
We need men who can dream of things that never were.
JOHN F. KENNEDY
Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator and change has its enemies.
ROBERT F. KENNEDY