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- The American, by nature, is optimistic. He is experimental, an inventor and a builder who builds best when called upon to build greatly.
- John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963)
- The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.
- John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963), speech at Vanderbilt University, May 18, 1963
- All of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and, therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears. We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea -- whether it is to sail or to watch it -- we are going back from whence we came.
- John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963), Speech given at Newport at the dinner before the America's Cup Races, September 1962
- Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.
- John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963)
- We set sail on this new sea because there is knowledge to be gained.
- John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963)
- 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.
- John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963), Inaugural Adress, January 20, 1961
- I look foreword to an America which will not be afraid of grace and beauty.
- John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963), Remarks upon receiving an honorary degree, Amherst College, October 26, 1963
- This nation was founded by many men of many nations and backgrounds. It was founded on the principle that all men are created equal, and that the rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.
- John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963), Radio and television report to the American people in civil rights, June 11, 1963
- Now the trumpet summons us again—not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need; not as a call to battle, though embattled we are—but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle, year in and year out, "rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation"—a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease, and war itself.
- John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963), Inaugural Adress, January 20, 1961
- Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.
- John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963), Inaugural Adress, January 20, 1961
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