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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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...

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....

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...

Let us never negotiate out of fear. But, let us never fear to negotiate.

Let us never negotiate out of fear. But, let us never fear to negotiate.

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.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

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

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

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...

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

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

We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien...

We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien...

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.

We are under exercised as a nation. We look instead of play. We ride instead...

We are under exercised as a nation. We look instead of play. We ride instead...

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...

A child miseducated is a child lost.

A child miseducated is a child lost.

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...

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.

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...

In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the...

In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the...

An obituary should be an exercise in contemporary history, not a funeral oration.

An obituary should be an exercise in contemporary history, not a funeral oration.

All history is modern history

All history is modern history