John F. Kennedy Quotes

“My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”

“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.”

“Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.”

“The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavour will light our country and all who serve it, and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.”

“In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility; I welcome it.”

“Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.”

“Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.”

“We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.”

“Ich bin ein Berliner.”

“All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin, and therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words "Ich bin ein Berliner."

“Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal.”

“If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.”

“Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.”

“War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.”

“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.”

“History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside.”

“There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long-range risks of comfortable inaction.”

“Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.”

“Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.”

“Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life.”

“We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.”

“The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.”

“Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.”

“Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.”

“Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”