The problem of power is how to achieve its responsible use rather than its irresponsible and indulgent use; of how to get men of power to live for the public rather than off the public.
JOHN F. KENNEDYThe problem of power is how to achieve its responsible use rather than its irresponsible and indulgent use; of how to get men of power to live for the public rather than off the public.
JOHN F. KENNEDYWe stand for freedom. That is our conviction for ourselves; that is our only commitment to others.
JOHN F. KENNEDYPolitics is a jungle-torn between doing the right thing and staying in office.
JOHN F. KENNEDYLeadership and learning are indispensable to each other.
JOHN F. KENNEDYNo responsibility of government is more fundamental than the responsibility of maintaining the highest standard of ethical behavior for those who conduct the public business.
JOHN F. KENNEDYAsk not that the journey be easy; ask instead that it be worth it.
JOHN F. KENNEDYWe have the ability, as members of the human race, we have the means, we have the capacity to eliminate hunger from the face of the earth in our lifetime. We only need the will.
JOHN F. KENNEDYA man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.
JOHN F. KENNEDYThe only reason to give a speech is to change the world.
JOHN F. KENNEDYWe need people who can dream of things that never were.
JOHN F. KENNEDYDemocracy may not be perfect, but at least I don’t have to build a wall to keep my people in.
JOHN F. KENNEDYChange is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.
JOHN F. KENNEDYThere are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.
JOHN F. KENNEDYOur task is not to fix blame for the past, but to fix the course for the future.
JOHN F. KENNEDYThe rising tide lifts all the boats.
JOHN F. KENNEDYIf a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
JOHN F. KENNEDY