The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word ‘crisis.’ One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger–but recognize the opportunity.
The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.
A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas have endurance without death.
Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.
Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.
Liberty without Learning is always in peril and Learning without Liberty is always in vain.
The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life.
Children are the world’s most valuable resource and its best hope for the future.
In a time of turbulence and change, it is more true than ever that knowledge is power.
Our progress as a nation can be not swifter than our progress in education.
[Public] libraries should be open to all—except the c
Mankind must put an end to war – or war will put an end to ma
We need men who can dream of things that never were.
Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are
Freedom is being allowed to think your own thoughts and live your own life.
Time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life.
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the f
Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures. And however undramatic the pursuit of peace, that pursuit must
Leadership and learning are indispensable to each
Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.
If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.
If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for dive
All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand days . . .nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin.
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
It is not always easy. Your successes are unheralded — your failures are trumpeted. I sometimes have that feeling my
The highest duty of the writer is to remain true to himself and let the chips fall where they may. In serving his vision of the truth the artist best serves his nation.
I look forward to an America which will not be afraid of grace and beauty
Science contributes to our culture in many ways, as a creative intellectual activity in its own right, as the light which has served to illuminate man’s place in the universe, and as the source of understanding of man’s own nature.
The greater our knowledge increases the greater our ignorance unfolds.
She breathes all the political gases that flow around this, but she never seems to inhale them.
Without debate, without criticism no administration and no country can succeed and no republic can survive.
We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by
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.
Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners. And necessity has made us allies. Those whom nature hath so joined together, let no man put asunder.
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevit
Truth is a tyrant-the only tyrant to whom we can give our allegiance. The service of truth is a matter of heroism.
Freedom is indivisible, and when one man is enslaved, all are not free. JFK
I believe that this Nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to earth.
I’m shadowboxing in a match the shadow is always going to win. (as a young man battling his deceased brother’s heroic legacy)
We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are
I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: ‘I served in the United States Navy.
The life of the arts, far from being an interruption, a distraction, in the life of the nation, is close to the center of a nation’s purpose – and is a test to the quality of a nation’s civilization.
In the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children’s future. And we are all mortal.
When written in Chinese the word crisis is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.
There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.
We should not let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes.
When power narrows the area of man’s concern poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence.
The one unchangeable certainty is that nothing is certain or unchangeable.
There is in addition to a courage with which men die a courage by which men must live.
When written in Chinese the word crisis is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.
Children are the world’s most valuable resource and its best hope for the future.
There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.
Once you say you’re going to settle for second that’s what happens to you in life I find.
Once you say you’re going to settle for second that’s what happens to you.
All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand days nor in the life of this administration nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet.
When we got into office the thing that surprised me most was to find that things were just as bad as we’d been saying they were.
We should not let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes.
Every area of trouble gives out a ray of hope and the one unchangeable certainty is that nothing is certain or unchangeable.
With a good conscience our only sure reward with history the final judge of our deeds let us go forth to lead the land we love asking His blessing and His help but knowing that here on earth God’s work must truly be our own.
I am not so much concerned with the right of everyone to say anything he pleases as I am about our need as self-governing people to hear everything relevant.
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 in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty.
All free men wherever they may live are citizens of Berlin. And therefore as a free man I take pride in the words ‘Ich bin ein Berliner.’
Too often we . . . enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
Peace is a daily a weekly a monthly process gradually changing opinions slowly eroding old barriers quietly building new structures. And however undramatic the pursuit of peace the pursuit must go on.
If we are strong our strength will speak for itself. If we are weak words will be no help.
I just received the following wire from my generous Daddy “Dear Jack: Don’t buy a single vote more than necessary. I’ll be damned if I am going to pay for a landslide.”
If we cannot now end our differences at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
If a free society cannot help the many who are poor it cannot save the few who are rich.
I don’t see what’s wrong with giving Bobby a little experience before he starts to practise law.
I am sorry to say there is too much point to the wise crack that life is extinct on other planets because their scientists were more advanced than ours.
The complacent the self-indulgent the soft societies are about to be swept away with the debris of history.
If a free society cannot help the many who are poor it cannot save the few who are rich.
If we are strong our strength will speak for itself. If we are weak words will be no help.
If we are strong our strength will speak for itself. If we are weak words will be no help.
If we are strong our strength will speak for itself. If we are weak words will be no help.
If we are strong our strength will speak for itself. If we are weak words will be no help.
If we are strong our strength will speak for itself. If we are weak words will be no help.
If we are strong our strength will speak for itself. If we are weak words will be no help.
If we are strong our strength will speak for itself. If we are weak words will be no help.
If we are strong our strength will speak for itself. If we are weak words will be no help.
Don’t let it be forgot That once there was a spot -For one brief shining moment That was known as Camelot.
War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.
Anyone who is honestly seeking a job and can’t find it deserves the attention of the United States government and the people.
When written in Chinese the word “crisis” is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.
I hope that no American will waste his franchise and throw away his vote by voting either for me or against me solely on account of my religious affiliation. It is not relevant.
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.
Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both.
There is always inequality in life. Some men are killed in a war and some men are wounded and some men never leave the country. Life is unfair.
It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.
The world knows that America will never start a war. This generation of Americans has had enough of war and hate… we want to build a world of peace where the weak are secure and the strong are just.
War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.
We prefer world law in the age of self-determination to world war in the age of mass extermination.
Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans – born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace.
Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes… can no longer be of concern to great powers alone.
Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don’t want them to become politicians in the process.
I am sorry to say that there is too much point to the wisecrack that life is extinct on other planets because their scientists were more advanced than ours.
America has tossed its cap over the wall of space.
Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all.
It might be said now that I have the best of both worlds. A Harvard education and a Yale degree.
Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage the arts and commerce.
I look forward to a great future for America – a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.
If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.
I don’t think the intelligence reports are all that hot. Some days I get more out of the New York Times.
In a time of domestic crisis, men of goodwill and generosity should be able to unite regardless of party or politics.
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners, and necessity has made us allies. Those whom God has so joined together, let no man put asunder.
In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility – I welcome it.
We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world or to make it the last.
We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it.
History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside.
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.
The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty, and all forms of human life.
There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.
The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.
The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.
I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House – with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.
My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
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 great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.
Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.
The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.
A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today – and in fact we have forgotten.
Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.
There are many people in the world who really don’t understand-or say they don’t-what is the great issue between the free world and the Communist world. Let them come to Berlin!
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.
To state the facts frankly is not to despair the future nor indict the past. The prudent heir takes careful inventory of his legacies and gives a faithful accounting to those whom he owes an obligation of trust.
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.
My brother Bob doesn’t want to be in government – he promised Dad he’d go straight.
Politics is like football; if you see daylight, go through the hole.
I’m always rather nervous about how you talk about women who are active in politics, whether they want to be talked about as women or as politicians.
Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource.
When written in Chinese, the word ‘crisis’ is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.
Once you say you’re going to settle for second, that’s what happens to you in life.
Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.
All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words ‘Ich bin ein Berliner!’
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.
Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security.
For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.
The very word ‘secrecy’ is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings.
If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
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.
The path we have chosen for the present is full of hazards, as all paths are. 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.
We cannot expect that all nations will adopt like systems, for conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.