John F. Kennedy ( 10 of 28 )
The one unchangeable certainty is that nothing is
unchangeable or certain.
The one unchangeable certainty is that nothing is
unchangeable or certain.
Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security.
Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security.
Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.
Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.
To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44 would have kept Jefferson from read more
To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44 would have kept Jefferson from writing the Declaration of Independence, Washington from commanding the Continental Army, Madison from fathering the Constitution, Hamilton from serving as secretary of the treasury, Clay from being elected speaker of the House and Christopher Columbus from discovering America.
I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military read more
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.
To whom much is given, much is required.
To whom much is given, much is required.
War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior read more
War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.
A child miseducated is a child lost.
A child miseducated is a child lost.
But peace does not rest in the charters and covenants alone. It lies in the hearts and minds of all read more
But peace does not rest in the charters and covenants alone. It lies in the hearts and minds of all people. So let us not rest all our hopes on parchment and on paper, let us strive to build peace, a desire for peace, a willingness to work for peace in the hearts and minds of all of our people. I believe that we can. I believe the problems of human destiny are not beyond the reach of human beings.
There are risks and costs to a program of action, but they are far less
than the long-range risks and read more
There are risks and costs to a program of action, but they are far less
than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.
