John F. Kennedy

While we shall negotiate freely, we shall not negotiate freedom.

John F. Kennedy

Without debate, without criticism no administration and no country can succeed and no republic can survive.

John F. Kennedy

… Probably the greatest concentration of talent and genius in this house except for perhaps those times when Thomas Jefferson ate alone.

John F. Kennedy

… the Athenian lawmaker Solon decreed it a crime for any citizen to shrink from controversy.

John F. Kennedy

…victory has 100 fathers and defeat is an orphan…

John F. Kennedy

A Canadian newspaperman said yesterday that this is the President’s “Easter egghead roll on the White House lawn.” I want to deny that!

John F. Kennedy

A technological revolution on the farm has led to an output explosion – but we have not yet learned to harness that explosion usefully, while protecting our farmers right to full parity income

John F. Kennedy

Above all, we are coming to understand that the arts incarnate the creativity of a free people.

John F. Kennedy

Abroad, the balance of power is shifting. There are new and more terrible weapons – new and uncertain nations – new pressures of population and deprivation.

John F. Kennedy

Acting on our own, by ourselves, we cannot establish justice throughout the world, but joined with other free nations, we can … assist the developing nations to throw off the yoke of poverty.

John F. Kennedy