John F. Kennedy Quotes

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John F. Kennedy

Profession : President

Birth : May 29, 1917

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

John F. Kennedy

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

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Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

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The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.

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A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today - and in fact we have forgotten.

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Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners, and necessity has made us allies. Those whom God has so joined together, let no man put asunder.

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The pay is good and I can walk to work.

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The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.

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The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

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When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.

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I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.

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Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal.

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If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

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If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.

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The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings.

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Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.

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Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom.

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Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

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I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House - with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.

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Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity.

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