Quotes by John F. Kennedy

Why should mans first flight to the moon be a matter of national competition? Why should the United States and the Soviet Union, in preparing for such expeditions, become involved in immense duplications of research, construction and expenditure?

Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all.

It might be said now that I have the best of both worlds. A Harvard education and a Yale degree.

The pay is good and I can walk to work.

Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage the arts and commerce.

I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.

The tax on capital gains directly affects investment decisions, the mobility and flow of risk capital... the ease or difficulty experienced by new ventures in obtaining capital, and thereby the strength and potential for growth in the economy.

If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.

I dont think the intelligence reports are all that hot. Some days I get more out of the New York Times.

In a time of domestic crisis, men of goodwill and generosity should be able to unite regardless of party or politics.

The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.

The best road to progress is freedoms road.

Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners, and necessity has made us allies. Those whom God has so joined together, let no man put asunder.

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.

We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world or to make it the last.

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

History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside.

When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of mans concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.

The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty, and all forms of human life.