John F Kennedy Quotes

No matter how big the lie; repeat it often enough and the masses will regard it as the truth.

John F Kennedy

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.

John F Kennedy

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

John F Kennedy

If by a Liberal they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people-their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights and their civil liberties-someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a Liberal, then Im proud to say Im a Liberal.

John F Kennedy

There can be no progress if people have no faith in tomorrow.

John F Kennedy

Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.

John F Kennedy

This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.

John F Kennedy

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

John F Kennedy

No responsibility of government is more fundamental than the responsibility of maintaining the highest standard of ethical behavior for those who conduct the public business.

John F Kennedy

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

John F Kennedy

A revolution is coming – a revolution which will be peaceful if we are wise enough; compassionate if we care enough; successful if we are fortunate enough – but a revolution which is coming whether we will it or not. We can affect its character; we cannot alter its inevitability.

John F Kennedy

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.

John F Kennedy

Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to ones own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.

John F Kennedy

Democracy may not be perfect, but at least I dont have to build a wall to keep my people in.

John F Kennedy

One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.

John F Kennedy

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

John F Kennedy

No sane society chooses to commit national suicide.

John F Kennedy

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

John F Kennedy

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

John F Kennedy

I will splinter the CIA into a thousand pieces and scatter it into the winds.

John F Kennedy