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


John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY You can milk a cow the wrong way once and still be a farmer, but vote the wrong way on a water tower...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY The President is merely the most important among a large number of public servants. He should be s...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do f...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY Ask not what your country can do for you: Ask what you can do for your country.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY Sometimes party loyalty asks too much
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY We choose to go...not because [it is] easy, but because [it is] hard, because that goal will serve t...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY Only in the case of the Negro has the melting pot failed to bring a minority into the full stream of...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY The freedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those who say, "What's mine is m...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public lif...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY People have not been horrified by war to a sufficient extent ... War will exist until that distant d...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY We cannot expect that all nations will adopt like systems, for conformity is the jailer of freedom a...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more ...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY Modern cynics and skeptics... see no harm in paying those to whom they entrust the minds of their ch...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY The American presidency will demand more than ringing manifestos issued from the rear of the battle....
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been ...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY I think "Hail to the Chief" has a nice ring to it.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY The poet and the politician have this in common: their greatness depends on the courage with which t...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY I know my Republican friends were glad to see my wife feeding an elephant in India. She gave him sug...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY Sometimes party loyalty asks too much.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out of work, they have th...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY If it wasn't for dogs, some people would never go for a walk.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY We must face the fact that the United States is neither omnipotent nor omniscient; that we are only ...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY The purpose of foreign policy is not to provide an outlet for our own sentiments of hope or indignat...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY A police state finds that it cannot command the grain to grow.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disp...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY We dare not tempt them with weakness. For only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be c...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY I have just received the following wire from my generous Daddy. It says, Dear Jack: Don't buy a sing...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY The margin is narrow, but the responsibility is clear.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY There is no city in the United States in which I can get a warmer welcome and fewer votes than Colum...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY I see little of more importance to the future of our country and of civilization than full recogniti...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY In free society art is not a weapon. Artists are not engineers of the soul.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY True happiness is the full use of your powers along lines of excellence in a life affording scope.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY According to the ancient Chinese proverb, "A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single st...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY An economy hampered by restrictive tax rates will never produce enough revenue to balance our budget...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of deeds, let us go forth ...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY You can milk a cow the wrong way once and still be a farmer, but vote the wrong way on a water tower...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY It was involuntary. They sank my boat.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY I think 'Hail to the Chief' has a nice ring to it.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY