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
The state is the servant of the citizen, and not his master.
A police state finds that it cannot command the grain to grow.
There is little value in insuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it. And there is very grave danger that an announced need for increased security will be seized upon by those anxious to expand its meaning to the very limits of official censorship and concealment.
We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out of work, they have the talent to put those men back to work.
Persons are judged to be great because of the positive qualities they possess, not because of the absence of faults.
The stories of past courage... can offer hope, they can provide inspiration. But they cannot supply courage itself. For this each man must look into his own soul.
Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource.
Our national conservation effort must include the complete spectrum of resources: air, water, and land; fuels, energy, and minerals; soils, forests, and forage; fish and wildlife. Together they make up the world of nature which surrounds us- of the American heritage.
Everywhere immigrants have enriched and strengthened the fabric of American life.
War and hunger and ignorance and despair know no religious barriers.
No responsibility of government is more fundamental than the responsibility of maintaining the highest standard of ethical behavior for those who conduct the public business.
A child miseducated is a child lost.
History will never accept difficulties as an excuse.
The unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity of opinion.