If there is one path above all others to war, it is the path of weakness and disunity.
John F. KennedySo, let us not be blind to our differences - but let us also direct attention to our common interests and to the means by which those differences can be resolved.
John F. KennedyOur privileges can be no greater than our obligations. The protection of our rights can endure no longer than the performance of our responsibilities.
John F. KennedyAs every past generation has had to disenthrall itself from an inheritance of truisms and stereotypes, so in our own time we must move on from the reassuring repetition of stale phrases to a new, difficult, but essential confrontation with reality. For the great enemy of truth is very often not the lie-deliberate, contrived and dishonest-but the myth-persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. Mythology distracts us everywhere.
John F. Kennedy