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The only significance of analyzing the past is that it does give us some key to the future.

The only significance of analyzing the past is that it does give us some key to the future.

John F. Kennedy
Past, Keys, Giving

I was born an American, I live like an American, I will die an American.

John F. Kennedy
Leadership, Patriotism, Born

If all of you had voted the other way - there's about 5500 of you here tonight - I would not be the President of the United States.

John F. Kennedy
Presidential, Way, United States
Kennedy, John F. (1962). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1961”, p.339, Best Books on

So let us begin anew - remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof

John F. Kennedy
Weakness, Sides, Remember
Inaugural Address, delivered 20 January 1961

I have a nice home, the office is close by, and the pay is good.

John F. Kennedy
Nice, Home, Office
John F. Kennedy, Dominique Enright (2003). “The Wicked Wit of John F. Kennedy”, Michael O'Mara Books

I believe in an America where religious intolerance will someday end... where every man has the same right to attend or not attend the church of his choice.

John F. Kennedy
Religious, Atheist, Believe
Address to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association, delivered 12 September 1960 at the Rice Hotel in Houston, TX

It is for these reasons that I believe we must expand day-care centers and provide other assistance which I have recommended to the Congress. At present, the total facilities of all the licensed day-care centers in the Nation can take care of only 185,000 children. Nearly 500,000 children under 12 must take care of themselves while their mothers work. This, it seems to me, is a formula for disaster.

John F. Kennedy
Mother, Children, Believe
"Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963".

Forbidden fruit tastes sweet, but its aftertaste is bitter.

John F. Kennedy
Sweet, Taste, Fruit

Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security.

John F. Kennedy
Fitness, Cancer, Exercise
"Sport at the New Frontier: The Soft American". Sports Illustrated Vol. 13, Issue 26, (pp. 14-17), December 26, 1960.

Our way of life is under attack. Those who make themselves our enemy are advancing around the globe. The survival of our friends is in danger. And yet no war has been declared, no borders have been crossed by marching troops, no missiles have been fired.

John F. Kennedy
War, Survival, Enemy
Address to the American Newspaper Publishers, delivered 27 April 1961, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York

Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm.

John F. Kennedy
Funny, Travel, Home
John F. Kennedy, Dominique Enright (2003). “The Wicked Wit of John F. Kennedy”, Michael O'Mara Books

I hope that no American will waste his franchise and throw away his vote by voting either for me or against me solely on account of my religious affiliation. It is not relevant.

John F. Kennedy
Hope, Religious, Voting

The United States of America has no intention of finishing second in space. This effort is expensive-but it pays its way for freedom and for America.

John F. Kennedy
Future, America, Space
Undelivered Speech to the Dallas Citizens Council, delivered 22 November 1963, Trade Mart, Dallas, Texas

I had always enjoyed the title of Commander-in-Chief until I was informed ... that the only forces that cannot be transferred from Washington without my express permission are the members of the Marine Corps Band. Those are the only forces I have. I want it announced that we propose to hold the White House against all odds at least for some time to come.

John F. Kennedy
Marine, White, Odds

As they say on my own Cape Cod, a rising tide lifts all the boats. And a partnership, by definition, serves both partners, without domination or unfair advantage. Together we have been partners in adversitylet us also be partners in prosperity.

John F. Kennedy
Together, Capes, Rising
"Address in the Assembly Hall at the Paulskirche in Frankfurt". www.presidency.ucsb.edu. June 25, 1963.

The Jewish people, ever since David slew Goliath, have never considered youth as a barrier to leadership.

John F. Kennedy
People, Youth, Goliath

I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House - with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.

John F. Kennedy
Knowledge, Science, Thinking
Remarks at dinner honoring Nobel Prize winners of the Western Hemisphere, Washington, D.C., 29 Apr. 1962

When we got into office, the thing that surprised me most was to find that things were just as bad as we'd been saying they were.

John F. Kennedy
Wisdom, Government, Justice
Speech at White House, 27 May 1961, in New York Times 28 May 1961, p. 39

This is one country. It has become one country because all of us and all the people who came here had an equal chance to develop their talents. We cannot say to ten percent of the population that you can't have that right; that your children cannot have the chance to develop whatever talents they have; that the only way that they are going to get their rights is to go in the street and demonstrate. I think we owe them and we owe ourselves a better country than that.

John F. Kennedy
Country, Children, Thinking
Civil Rights Address, delivered 11 June 1963

History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside.

John F. Kennedy
Patriotic, Past, Rushing

We must start now to provide additional stimulus to the modernization of American industrial plants I shall propose to the Congress a new tax incentive for businesses to expand their normal investment in plant and equipment.

John F. Kennedy
Incentives, Normal, Investment
Kennedy, John F. (1962). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1961”, p.88, Best Books on

Man will be what he was born to be: free and independent.

John F. Kennedy
Independent, Men, Born
Address to the American Newspaper Publishers, delivered 27 April 1961, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York

We shall be judged more by what we do at home than what we preach abroad.

John F. Kennedy
Inspirational, Home, Justice
Kennedy, John F. (1964). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963”, p.15, Best Books on

We stand today on the edge of a new frontier.

John F. Kennedy
Inspirational, Today, 1960s
Speech accepting Democratic presidential nomination, Los Angeles, Cal., 15 July 1960.

In giving rights to others which belong to them, we give rights to ourselves and to our country

John F. Kennedy
Country, Rights, Giving
Kennedy, John F. (1963). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1962”, p.703, Best Books on