John F. Kennedy Quotes

“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.”

“A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

“Liberty without learning is always in peril; learning without liberty is always in vain.”

“The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.”

“A child miseducated is a child lost.”

“The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.”

“The greater our knowledge increases, the more our ignorance unfolds.”

“Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity.”

“If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.”

“Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.”

“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.”

“Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.”

“The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by sceptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men who can dream of things that never were.”

“We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us through that darkness to a safe and sane future.”

“A man does what he must, in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures, and that is the basis of all human morality.”

“The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.”

“When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.”

“If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.”

“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”

“A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.”

“We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch, we are going back from whence we came.”

“Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.”

“I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.”

“I am the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris, and I have enjoyed it.”