John F. Kennedy Quotes & Sayings (Page 7)

“Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security.”

“We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”

“To state the facts frankly is not to despair the future nor indict the past. The prudent heir takes careful inventory of his legacies and gives a faithful accounting to those whom he owes an obligation of trust.”

“I hope that no American will waste his franchise and throw away his vote by voting either for me or against me solely on account of my religious affiliation. It is not relevant.”

“The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.”

“The world knows that America will never start a war. This generation of Americans has had enough of war and hate... we want to build a world of peace where the weak are secure and the strong are just.”

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

“Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process.”

“I'm an idealist without illusions.”

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