John F. Kennedy

Freedom is being allowed to think your own thoughts and live your own life.

John F. Kennedy

Freedom is indivisible, and when one man is enslaved, all are not free.

John F. Kennedy

Freedom is not merely a word or an abstract theory, but the most effective instrument for advancing the welfare of man.

John F. Kennedy

Genuine peace must be the product of many nations, the sum of many acts. It must be dynamic, not static, changing to meet the challenge of each new generation. For peace is a process-a way of solving problems.

John F. Kennedy

Harry Truman once said, ‘There are 14 or 15 million Americans who have the resources to have representatives in Washington to protect their interests, and that the interests of the great mass of the other people – the 150 or 160 million – is the responsibility of the president of the United States, and I propose to fulfill it.’

John F. Kennedy

Harvard gave me an education, but Junior Chamber gave me an education for life.

John F. Kennedy

Here on earth, God’s work must surely be our own.

John F. Kennedy

History will not judge our endeavors–and a government cannot be selected–merely on the basis of color or creed or even party affiliation. Neither will competence and loyalty and stature, while essential to the utmost, suffice in times such as these.

John F. Kennedy

Hold fast to the best of the past and move fast to the best of the future.

John F. Kennedy

I am flatly opposed to appointment of an ambassador to the Vatican. Whatever advantages it might have in Rome – and I’m not convinced of these – they would be more than offset by the divisive effect at home.

John F. Kennedy