The efforts of governments alone will never be enough. In the end, the people must choose and the people must help themselves.
John F. KennedyThe stories of past courage... can offer hope, they can provide inspiration. But they cannot supply courage itself. For this each man must look into his own soul.
John F. KennedyLofty words cannot construct an alliance or maintain it; only concrete deeds can do that.
John F. KennedyWe must face the fact that the United States is neither omnipotent nor omniscient, that we cannot impose our will upon the other 94 percent of mankind, that we cannot right every wrong or reverse every adversity, and that therefore there cannot be an American solution to every world problem.
John F. Kennedy