And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.

Quote by John F Kennedy

Topics: John F Kennedy Quotes

Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.

Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay...

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay...

Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security.

Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security.

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

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

Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride.

Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride.

Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It...

Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It...

The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and...

The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and...

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not...

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not...

History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the...

History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the...

There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long...

There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long...

The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.

The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.

No one has been barred on account of his race from fighting or dying for...

No one has been barred on account of his race from fighting or dying for...

Change is the law of life and those who look only to the past or...

Change is the law of life and those who look only to the past or...

We prefer world law in the age of self-determination to world war in the age...

We prefer world law in the age of self-determination to world war in the age...

I am sorry to say that there is too much point to the wisecrack that...

I am sorry to say that there is too much point to the wisecrack that...

To state the facts frankly is not to despair the future nor indict the past....

To state the facts frankly is not to despair the future nor indict the past....

Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want...

Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want...

I am the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris, and I have enjoyed it.

I am the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris, and I have enjoyed it.