John F. Kennedy Quotes

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If I had to live my life over again, I would have a different father, a different wife and a different religion.
- John F. Kennedy

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Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.
- John F. Kennedy

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War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.
- John F. Kennedy

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The basic problems facing the world today are not susceptible to a military solution.
- John F. Kennedy

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There is too little public recognition of how much we all depend upon farmers as stewards of our soil, water and wildlife resources.
- John F. Kennedy

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Anyone who can solve the problems of water will be worthy of two Nobel prizes – one for peace and one for science.
- John F. Kennedy

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Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
- John F. Kennedy

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We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out of work, they have the talent to put those men back to work.
- John F. Kennedy

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We must use time as a tool, not as a crutch.
- John F. Kennedy

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Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource.
- John F. Kennedy

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I think ‘Hail to the Chief’ has a nice ring to it.
- John F. Kennedy

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Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.
- John F. Kennedy

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The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty, and all forms of human life.
- John F. Kennedy

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If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
- John F. Kennedy

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The full use of your powers along lines of excellence.
- John F. Kennedy

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When you have seven percent unemployed, you have ninety-three percent working.
- John F. Kennedy

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We should not let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes.
- John F. Kennedy

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When written in Chinese the word “crisis” is composed of two characters one represents danger and the other represents opportunity.
- John F. Kennedy

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Change is the law of life and those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.
- John F. Kennedy

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A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.
- John F. Kennedy

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Liberty without learning is always in peril and learning without liberty is always in vain.
- John F. Kennedy

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For without belittling the courage with which men have died, we should not forget those acts of courage with which men have lived.
- John F. Kennedy

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We will neglect our cities to our peril, for in neglecting them we neglect the nation.
- John F. Kennedy

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If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.
- John F. Kennedy

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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.
- John F. Kennedy

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