John F. Kennedy Quotes.(26)

John F. Kennedy

05/29/1917 - 11/22/1963

35th president of the USA

1. The basic problems facing the world today are not susceptible to a military solution.
2. Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.
3. We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth.
4. We should not let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes.
5. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.
6. Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
7. Liberty without learning is always in peril; learning without liberty is always in vain.
8. Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.
9. Liberty without learning is always in peril; learning without liberty is always in vain.
10. The ancient Greek definition of happiness was the full use of your powers along lines of excellence.
11. We must use time as a tool, not as a crutch.
12. Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
13. If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
14. The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.
15. We need men who can dream of things that never were.
16. 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.
17. Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
18. Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate.
19. Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind.
20. 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.
21. We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it.
22. Our duty as a party is not to our party alone, but to the nation and, indeed, to all mankind. Our duty is not merely the preservation of political power but the preservation of peace and freedom.
23. Economic growth without social progress lets the great majority of the people remain in poverty, while a privleged few reap the benefits of rising abundance.
24. To whom much is given, much is required.
25. Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.
26. 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.