Introduction,
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, often referred to as JFK, was an American politician and the 35th president of the United States. He was born on May 29, 1917, in Brookline, Massachusetts, to a wealthy and politically influential family.
After serving in the Navy during World War II, Kennedy entered politics, first as a representative in the House of Representatives and later as a senator from Massachusetts. He was elected president in 1960, becoming the youngest person ever to hold the office at the age of 43.
During his presidency, Kennedy faced a number of challenges, including the Cold War, the civil rights movement, and the Vietnam War. He is perhaps best known for his bold vision of sending a man to the moon and his famous quote, “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”
Kennedy’s presidency was cut tragically short when he was assassinated on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, while riding in an open car during a parade. The assassination remains one of the most widely debated and controversial events in American history, and has inspired countless books, films, and conspiracy theories.
Despite his short time in office, Kennedy remains one of the most iconic and beloved presidents in American history, and his legacy as a visionary leader and champion of civil rights continues to inspire people around the world.
Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.
We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.
Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.
Victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan.
A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors, the men it remembers.
In a time of turbulence and change, it is more true than ever that knowledge is power.
Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind.
The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender or submission.
If not us, who? If not now, when?
My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds.
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.
Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education.
A child miseducated is a child lost.
Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one’s own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.
A man does what he must — in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures — and that is the basis of all human morality.
The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.
Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners, and necessity has made us allies.
A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.
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.
Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence.
The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.
We cannot negotiate with people who say what’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.
We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.
Too often we… enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.
There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.
Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.
Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity.
Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.
Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.
The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.
The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man’s concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
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.
The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.
My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
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.
We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch – we are going back from whence we came.
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
A man does what he must – in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures – and that is the basis of all human morality.
If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.
Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all.
Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.
