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Be strong and of good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed.

Be strong and of good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed.

John F. Kennedy
Bible, Strong, Discouraged
Democratic National Convention Nomination Acceptance Address, delivered 15 July 1960, Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles

No government or social system is so evil that its people must be considered as lacking in virtue.

John F. Kennedy
Government, People, Evil
American University Commencement Address, delivered 10 June 1963

America has tossed its cap over the wall of space.

John F. Kennedy
Wall, America, Space

A committee is twelve men doing the work of one.

John F. Kennedy
Men, Twelve, Committees

I am the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris, and I have enjoyed it.

John F. Kennedy
Men, Paris, Enjoyed
Speech at shape headquarters, Paris, 2 June 1961

I'm always rather nervous about how you talk about women who are active in politics, whether they want to be talked about as women or as politicians.

John F. Kennedy
Sisterhood, Want, Empowering Women
Kennedy, John F. (1962). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1961”, p.797, Best Books on

I look forward to an America which will not be afraid of grace and beauty.

John F. Kennedy
Happiness, Beauty, America
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.

To each of us is entrusted the heavy responsibility of guiding the affairs of a democratic nation founded on Christian ideals.

John F. Kennedy
Christian, Responsibility, Affair
Kennedy, John F. (1962). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1961”, p.28, Best Books on

Nor problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.

John F. Kennedy
Peace, Destiny, Oval

And this Nation, for all its hopes and all its boasts, will not be fully free until all its citizens are free.

John F. Kennedy
Freedom, Citizens, Boast
Civil Rights Address, delivered 11 June 1963

There comes a point where you see no evidence that the carrot and diplomacy are working.

John F. Kennedy
Carrots, Diplomacy, Evidence

While we shall never weary in the defense of freedom, neither shall we ever abandon the pursuit of peace.

John F. Kennedy
Freedom, Defense, Pursuit
Kennedy, John F. (1964). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963”, p.18, Best Books on

We must create world-wide law and law enforcement as we outlaw world-wide war and weapon

John F. Kennedy
War, Law, Enforcement

This is a great country and requires a good deal of all of us, so I can imagine nothing more important than for all of you to continue to work in public affairs and be interested in them, not only to bring up a family, but also give part of your time to your community, your state, and your country.

John F. Kennedy
Country, Giving, Community
Kennedy, John F. (1964). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963”, p.621, Best Books on

While it may be theoretically possible to demonstrate the risks inherent in any treaty... the far greater risk to our security are the risks of unrestricted testing, the risks of a nuclear arms race, the risks of new nuclear powers.

John F. Kennedy
Race, Risk, May
Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Address to the Nation, delivered 26 July 1963

In free society art is not a weapon...Artists are not engineers of the soul.

John F. Kennedy
Art, War, Soul
Speech at Amherst College, Mass., 26 Oct. 1963, in New York Times 27 Oct. 1963, p. 87

Now is the time...for this nation to take a clearly leading role in space achievement, which in many ways may hold the key to our future on Earth.

John F. Kennedy
Keys, Space, Achievement
Speech to Congress on Urgent National Needs, delivered 25 May 1961, Washington, D.C.

The Kennedy Administration's public pronouncements on the matter suggested that the presence of Soviet nuclear missiles in Castro's Cuba would represent an unacceptable strategic threat to the United States. . . . This urgent transformation of Cuba into an important strategic base - by the presence of these large, long-range, and clearly offensive weapons of sudden mass-destruction - constitutes an explicit threat to the peace and security of all the Americas. . . .

John F. Kennedy
Mass Destruction, America, Long

We prefer world law in the age of self-determination to world war in the age of mass extermination.

John F. Kennedy
Birthday, Determination, War
Address to the United Nations General Assembly, delivered 25 September 1961

Genuine peace must be the product of many nations, the sum of many acts. It must be dynamic, not static, changing to meet the challenge of each new generation. For peace is a process-a way of solving problems.

John F. Kennedy
Challenges, Way, Generations
American University Commencement Address, delivered 10 June 1963

I know my Republican friends were glad to see my wife feeding an elephant in India. She gave him sugar and nuts. But of course the elephant wasn't satisfied.

John F. Kennedy
Party, Elephants, Nuts
John F. Kennedy, Dominique Enright (2003). “The Wicked Wit of John F. Kennedy”, Michael O'Mara Books

I can assure you that every degree of mind and spirit that I possess will be devoted to the long-range interests of the United States and to the cause of freedom around the world.

John F. Kennedy
Inspirational, Long, Mind
Acceptance Speech at Hyannis Armory, Hyannis, Massachusetts, www.jfklibrary.org. November 09, 1960.

It is true that my predecessor did not object, as I do, to pictures of one's golf skill in action. But neither, on the other hand, did he ever bean a Secret Serviceman.

John F. Kennedy
Golf, Hands, Skills
Address to the American Newspaper Publishers, delivered 27 April 1961, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York

Where nature makes natural allies of us all, we can demonstrate that beneficial relations are possible even with those with whom we most deeply disagree-and this must someday be the basis of world peace and world law.

John F. Kennedy
Law, Allies, World
Kennedy, John F. (1962). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1961”, p.27, Best Books on

I'm 43 years old and I'm the healthiest candidate for the Presidency of the United States. You've travelled with me enough to know that I'm not going to die in office.

John F. Kennedy
Years, Office, United States