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There is too little public recognition of how much we all depend upon farmers as stewards of our soil, water and wildlife resources.

There is too little public recognition of how much we all depend upon farmers as stewards of our soil, water and wildlife resources.

John F. Kennedy
Water, Littles, Soil

The day before my inauguration President Eisenhower told me, You'll find that no easy problems ever come to the President of the United States. If they are easy to solve, somebody else has solved them. I found that hard to believe, but now I know it is true.

John F. Kennedy
Believe, President, United States

The life of the arts is far from an interruption, a distraction, in the life of a nation, is close to the center of a nation's purpose-and is a test of the quality of a nations' civilization.

John F. Kennedy
Music, Art, Civilization

President Roosevelt and President Truman and President Eisenhower had the same experience, they all made the effort to get along with the Russians. But every time, finally it failed. And the reason it failed was because the Communists are determined to destroy us, and regardless of what hand of friendship we may hold out or what arguments we may put up, the only thing that will make that decisive difference is the strength of the United States.

John F. Kennedy
Hands, Differences, Effort
Speech by Senator John F. Kennedy, Democratic Rally, George Washington High School Stadium, Alexandria, VA, www.presidency.ucsb.edu. August 24, 1960.

But I think it is also important that we pay tribute and acknowledge another great principle, and that is the principle of religious conviction. Religious freedom has no significance unless it is accompanied by conviction.

John F. Kennedy
Religious, Thinking, Important
"John F. Kennedy: 1961 : containing the public messages, speeches, and statements of the president, January 20 to December 31, 1961" by John F. Kennedy, Washington: Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1962.

Struggle for freedom. Where people are denied the right of choice, recourse to such struggle is the only means of achieving their liberties.

John F. Kennedy
Struggle, Mean, People
John F. Kennedy (2013). “The Letters of John F. Kennedy”, p.138, Bloomsbury Publishing

The most ideal approach to advance is the way of opportunity.

John F. Kennedy
Opportunity, Way, Approach

I believe in a president whose religious views are his own private affair, neither imposed by him upon the nation, or imposed by the nation upon him as a condition to holding that office.

John F. Kennedy
Religious, Believe, Views
Speech at Greater Houston Ministerial Association, Rice Hotel, Houston, Texas, www.presidency.ucsb.edu. September 12, 1960.

Race has no place in American life or law.

John F. Kennedy
Race, Law, American Life
Civil Rights Address, delivered 11 June 1963

In serving his vision of the truth, the artist best serves his nation.

John F. Kennedy
Artist, Presidential, Vision
1963 At the dedication of Amherst College Robert Frost Library, 25 Oct.

Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride.

John F. Kennedy
Simple, Cycling, Riding Your Bike

Be aware of danger-but recognize the opportunity

John F. Kennedy
Opportunity, Danger

I think the success of any school can be measured by the contribution the alumni make to our national life.

John F. Kennedy
School, Thinking, Assessment

Life in freedom is not easy, and democracy is not perfect.

John F. Kennedy
Freedom, Perfect, Democracy

The highest duty of the writer, the composer, the artist, is to remain true to himself and to let the chips fall where they may.

John F. Kennedy
Fall, Artist, May
Speech at Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts, on October 26, 1963. "Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy", p. 817, 1963.

A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today - and in fact we have forgotten.

John F. Kennedy
Leadership, Courage, Patriotic

Ask not what your community can do for you; ask what your community can not do for anyone else.

John F. Kennedy
Community, Can Not, Can Do

We 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. Kennedy
Children, Fate, Presidential
"Remarks upon signing the Maternal and Child Health and Mental Retardation Planning Bill". October 24, 1963.

If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for more wise men reading more good books in more public libraries.

John F. Kennedy
Wise, Strong, Book
Saturday Review, p. 44, October 29, 1960.

Our goal is not victory of might but the vindication of right - not peace at the expense of freedom, but both peace and freedom, here in this hemisphere and, we hope, around the world. God willing, that goal will be achieved.

John F. Kennedy
Freedom, Goal, Victory
Cuban Missile Crisis Address to the Nation, delivered 22 October 1962

Above all, we are coming to understand that the arts incarnate the creativity of a free people.

John F. Kennedy
Art, Creativity, People
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Magnum Photos, inc, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.) (1962). “Creative America”

Aeschylus and Plato are remembered today long after the triumphs of Imperial Athens are gone. Dante outlived the ambitions of thirteenth century Florence. Goethe stands serenely above the politics of Germany, and I am certain that after the dust of centuries has passed over cities, we too will be remembered not for victories or defeats in battle or in politics, but for our contribution to the human spirit.

John F. Kennedy
Plato, Ambition, Carpe Diem

As science, of necessity, becomes more involved with itself, so also, of necessity, it becomes more international. I am impressed to know that of the 670 members of this Academy

John F. Kennedy
Science, Members, Academy
Kennedy, John F. (1964). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963”, p.803, Best Books on

In our democracy every young person should have an equal opportunity to obtain a higher education, regardless of his station in life or financial means.

John F. Kennedy
Education, Money, Mean
Kennedy, John F. (1963). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1962”, p.114, Best Books on

Physical Fitness is the basis for all other forms of excellence.

John F. Kennedy
Excellence, Form, Physical Fitness