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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A child miseducated is a child lost.

A child miseducated is a child lost.

The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are...

The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are...

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

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

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...

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...

Domestic policy can only defeat us; foreign policy can kill us.

Domestic policy can only defeat us; foreign policy can kill us.

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...

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...

In a very real sense, it will not be one man going to the moon...

In a very real sense, it will not be one man going to the moon...

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...

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...

Do you realize the responsibility I carry? Im the only person standing between Richard Nixon...

Do you realize the responsibility I carry? Im the only person standing between Richard Nixon...

Do you realize the responsibility I carry? I'm the only person standing between Richard Nixon...

Do you realize the responsibility I carry? I'm the only person standing between Richard Nixon...

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...

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 the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike,...

Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike,...

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....

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...