There is little value in insuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it. And there is very grave danger that an announced need for increased security will be seized upon by those anxious to expand its meaning to the very limits of official censorship and concealment.
John F. KennedyWe can say with some assurance that, although children may be the victims of fate, they will not be the victims of our neglect.
John F. KennedyMy experience in government is that when things are non-controversial and beautifully coordinated, there is not much going on.
John F. KennedyI look forward to an America which will reward achievement in the arts as we reward achievement in business or statecraft. I look forward to an America which will steadily raise the standards of artistic accomplishment and which will steadily enlarge cultural opportunities for all of our citizens. And I look forward to an America which commands respect throughout the world not only for its strength but for its civilization as well.
John F. KennedyThe Greeks understood that mind and body must develop in harmounious proportions to produce a creative intelligence.
John F. KennedyThere are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.
John F. KennedyHarry Truman once said, 'There are 14 or 15 million Americans who have the resources to have representatives in Washington to protect their interests, and that the interests of the great mass of the other people - the 150 or 160 million - is the responsibility of the president of the United States, and I propose to fulfill it.'
John F. Kennedy