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I see little of more importance to the future of our country and of civilization than full recognition of the place of the artist. If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy
In free society art is not a weapon. Artists are not engineers of the soul.
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy
You never know what's hit you. A gunshot is the perfect way. (When asked how he would choose to die)
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy
When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy
When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy
When asked about his favorite song, I think 'Hail to the Chief' has a nice ring to it.
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy
When at some future date the high court of history sits in judgment on each one of us-recording whether in our brief span of service we fulfilled our responsibilities to the state-our success or failure, in whatever office we may hold, will be measured by the answers to four questions-were we truly men of courage ... were we truly men of judgment ... were we truly men of integrity ... were we truly men of dedication
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy
We stand today on the edge of a new frontier-the frontier of the 1960s-a frontier of unknown opportunities and perils-a frontier of unfulfilled hopes and threats.
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes. It can no longer be of concern to great powers alone. For a nuclear disaster, spread by winds and waters and fear, could well engulf the great and the small, the rich and the poor, the committed and the uncommitted alike. Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind.
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy
To those people in the huts and villages of half the globe struggling to break the bonds of mass misery, we pledge our best efforts to help them help themselves, for whatever period is required, not because the Communists may be doing it, not because we seek their votes, but because it is right. If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy
To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44 would have kept Jefferson from writing the Declaration of Independence, Washington from commanding the Continental Army, Madison from fathering the Constitution, Hamilton from serving as secretary of the treasury, Clay from being elected speaker of the House and Christopher Columbus from discovering America.
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy
There are three things which are real God, human folly, and laughter. The first two are beyond our comprehension. So we must do what we can with the third.
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy
There are many people in the world who really don't understand-or say they don't-what is the great issue between the free world and the Communist world. ... Let them come to Berlin
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy
The path we have chosen for the present is full of hazards, as all paths are. ... The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission. (Announcing blockade of Cuba)
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy
The new frontier of which I speak is not a set of promises-it is a set of challenges. It sums up not what I intend to offer the American people, but what I intend to ask of them. It appeals to their pride, not their pocketbook-it holds out the promise of more sacrifice instead of more security.
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy
The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie--deliberate, contrived and dishonest--but the myth--persistant, persuasive and unrealistic.
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy
The full use of your powers along lines of excellence. - definition of happiness by John F. Kennedy.
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy
The freedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those who say, What's mine is mine and what's yours is negotiable.
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause who at best, if he wins, knows the thrills of high achievement, and, if he fails, at least fails daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy
The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment but it is no less than a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Our task is not to fix the blame for the past, but to fix the course for the future.
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundemental resource.
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy
My father always told me that all businessmen were sons of bitches, but I never believed it till now. (On steel industry executives who increased prices)
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy
My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool it gives me all the world and exiles me from it.
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy
My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government -- he promised Dad he'd go straight.
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Modern cynics and skeptics ... see no harm in paying those to whom they entrust the minds of their children a smaller wage than is paid to those to whom they entrust the care of their plumbing.
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind... War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Like dealing with Dad-all give and no take. (On negotiating with Soviet Premier Nikita S Khrushchev)
By John Fitzgerald Kennedy