In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility - I welcome it.

Quote by John F Kennedy

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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....

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

When we got into office, the thing that surprised me most was to find that...

When we got into office, the thing that surprised me most was to find that...

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it.

We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it.

We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history...

We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history...

Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.

Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.

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...

I hope that no American will waste his franchise and throw away his vote by...

I hope that no American will waste his franchise and throw away his vote by...

The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power...

The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power...

The United States has to move very fast to even stand still.

The United States has to move very fast to even stand still.

We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it.

We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it.

America has tossed its cap over the wall of space.

America has tossed its cap over the wall of space.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.

Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in...

Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in...

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

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...

Probably the most dangerous and powerful industrialist of our age. [About Bill Gates]

Probably the most dangerous and powerful industrialist of our age. [About Bill Gates]

You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.

You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.