The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.

Quote by John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Topics: Freedom Quotes

The poet and the politician have this in common: their greatness depends on the courage...

The poet and the politician have this in common: their greatness depends on the courage...

Above all, we are coming to understand that the arts incarnate the creativity of a...

Above all, we are coming to understand that the arts incarnate the creativity of a...

To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44...

To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44...

The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds

The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds

We must use time as a tool not as a couch

We must use time as a tool not as a couch

When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows...

When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows...

If scientific discovery has not been an unalloyed blessing, if it has conferred on mankind...

If scientific discovery has not been an unalloyed blessing, if it has conferred on mankind...

Art is the great democrat, calling forth creative genius from every sector of society, disregarding...

Art is the great democrat, calling forth creative genius from every sector of society, disregarding...

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

Politics is like football; if you see daylight, go through the hole.

Politics is like football; if you see daylight, go through the hole.

Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression...

Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression...

In the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding on the back of the...

In the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding on the back of the...

The basis of effective government is public confidence, and that confidence is endangered when ethical...

The basis of effective government is public confidence, and that confidence is endangered when ethical...

For if Freedom and Communism were to compete for man's allegiance in a world at...

For if Freedom and Communism were to compete for man's allegiance in a world at...

If not us, who? If not now, when?

If not us, who? If not now, when?

I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, human liberty as the...

I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, human liberty as the...

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...

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

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

Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a...

Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a...

What we see depends mainly on what we look for.

What we see depends mainly on what we look for.

Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from...

Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from...

From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy...

From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy...