John F. Kennedy

The physical fitness of our citizens is a vital prerequisite to America’s realization of its full potential as a nation, and to the opportunity of each individual citizen to make full and fruitful use of his capacities.

John F. Kennedy

The poet and the politician have this in common: their greatness depends on the courage with which they face the challenges of life.

John F. Kennedy

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

John F. Kennedy

The purpose of foreign policy is not to provide an outlet for our own sentiments of hope or indignation; it is to shape real events in a real world.

John F. Kennedy

The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.

John F. Kennedy

The rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God.

John F. Kennedy

The science of weapons and war has made us all one world and one human race with one common destiny.

John F. Kennedy

The state is the servant of the citizen, and not his master.

John F. Kennedy

The stories of past courage can define that ingredient- they can teach, they can offer hope, they can provide inspiration. But they cannot provide courage itself. For this each man must look into his own soul.

John F. Kennedy

The supreme reality of our time is the vulnerability of our planet.

John F. Kennedy