John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

"I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose."
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"I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose."
John F. Kennedy
"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."
John F. Kennedy
"The pay is good and I can walk to work."
John F. Kennedy
"It might be said now that I have the best of both worlds. A Harvard education and a Yale degree."
John F. Kennedy
"Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all."
John F. Kennedy
"Why should man's first flight to the moon be a matter of national competition? Why should the United States and the Soviet Union, in preparing for such expeditions, become involved in immense duplications of research, construction and expenditure?"
John F. Kennedy
"America has tossed its cap over the wall of space."
John F. Kennedy
"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."
John F. Kennedy
"Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process."
John F. Kennedy
"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."
John F. 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."
John F. Kennedy
"We prefer world law in the age of self-determination to world war in the age of mass extermination."
John F. Kennedy
"The world knows that America will never start a war. This generation of Americans has had enough of war and hate... we want to build a world of peace where the weak are secure and the strong are just."
John F. Kennedy
"It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war."
John F. Kennedy
"There is always inequality in life. Some men are killed in a war and some men are wounded and some men never leave the country. Life is unfair."
John F. Kennedy
"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind."
John F. Kennedy
"Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both."
John F. Kennedy
"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them."
John F. 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."
John F. Kennedy
"Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom."
John F. Kennedy
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