The Greeks understood that mind and body must develop in harmonious proportions to produce a creative intelligence. And so did the most brilliant intelligence of our earliest days - Thomas Jefferson - when he said, not less than two hours a day should be devoted to exercise. If the man who wrote the Declaration of Independence, was Secretary of State, and twice President, could give it two hours, our children can give it ten or fifteen minutes.
John F. KennedyCommunism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both.
John F. KennedyNo one gains from fair employment law and legislation if there is no employment to be had.
John F. KennedyIf a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
John F. KennedyThere are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.
John F. KennedyThe Republican nominee-to-be, of course, is also a young man. But his approach is as old as McKinley. His party is the party of the past. His speeches are generalities from Poor Richard's Almanac. Their platform, made up of left-over Democratic planks, has the courage of our old convictions. Their pledge is a pledge to the status quo-and today there can be no status quo.
John F. Kennedy