John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy, commonly referred to by his initials JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963. The Cuban Missile Crisis, The Bay of Pigs Invasion, the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, the establishment of the Peace Corps, developments in the Space Race, the building of the Berlin Wall, the Trade Expansion Act to lower tariffs, and the Civil Rights Movement all took place...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPresident
Date of Birth29 May 1917
CountryUnited States of America
Do you realize the responsibility I carry? I'm the only person between Nixon and the White House.
For of those to whom much is given, much is required.
The day before my inauguration President Eisenhower told me, ''You'll find that no easy problems ever come to the President of the United States. If they are easy to solve, somebody else has solved them.'' I found that hard to believe, but now I know it is true.
It shall be the policy of this nation to regard any nuclear missile launched from Cuba as an attack by the Soviet Union on the United States.
Richard Cromwell was not fit to wear the mantle of his uncle.
I am fully aware of the fact that the Democratic Party, by nominating someone of my faith, has taken on what many regard as a new and hazardous risk.
A tired nation, said David Lloyd George, is a Tory nation, and the United States today cannot afford to be either tired or Tory.
We set sail on this new sea because there is new knowledge to be gained, and new rights to be won, and they must be won and used for the progress of all people. For space science, like nuclear science and technology, has no conscience of its own. Whether it will become a force for good or ill depends on man, and only if the United States occupies a position of preeminence can we help decide whether this new ocean will be a sea of peace or a new terrifying theater of war.
The science of weapons and war has made us all one world and one human race with one common destiny.
I believe in an America where religious intolerance will someday end... where every man has the same right to attend or not attend the church of his choice.
In America there must be only citizens, not divided by grade, first and second, but citizens, east, west, north, and south.
We shall be judged more by what we do at home than what we preach abroad.
Our privileges can be no greater than our obligations. The protection of our rights can endure no longer than the performance of our responsibilities.
I know there is a God - I see the storm coming and I see his hand in it - if he has a place then I am ready - we see the hand.