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
A medical revolution has extended the life of our elder citizens without providing the dignity and security those later years deserve.
I do not speak for my church on public matters; and the church does not speak for me.
I am flatly opposed to appointment of an ambassador to the Vatican. Whatever advantages it might have in Rome - and I'm not convinced of these - they would be more than offset by the divisive effect at home.
United, there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures. Divided, there is little we can do-for we dare not meet a powerful challenge at odds and split asunder.
Our children and grandchildren are not merely statistics towards which we can be indifferent.
I want to emphasize in the great concentration which we now place upon scientists and engineers how much we still need the men and women educated in the liberal tradition, willing to take the long look, undisturbed by prejudices and slogans of the moment, who attempt to make an honest judgment on difficult events.
We must seek, above all, a world of peace; a world in which peoples dwell together in mutual respect and work together in mutual regard.
Let's not talk so much about vice. I'm against vice in all forms.
Freedom is not merely a word or an abstract theory, but the most effective instrument for advancing the welfare of man.
Irrational barriers and ancient prejudices fall quickly when the question of survival itself is at stake.
Someone always needs rescuing, yet there's only one person who ever seems to understand you. It's a lot like being Lassie.
I believe in an America that is on the march - an America respected by all nations, friends and foes alike - an America that is moving, doing, working, trying - a strong America in a world of peace. That peace must be based on world law and world order, on the mutual respect of all nations for the rights and powers of others and on a world economy in which no nation lacks the ability to provide a decent standard of living for all of its people.
If there is one path above all others to war, it is the path of weakness and disunity.
Man will be what he was born to be: free and independent.