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... the Athenian lawmaker Solon decreed it a crime for any citizen to shrink from controversy.

... the Athenian lawmaker Solon decreed it a crime for any citizen to shrink from controversy.

John F. Kennedy
Atheism, Citizens, Crime
Address to the American Newspaper Publishers, delivered 27 April 1961, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York

After visiting these places, you can easily understand how that within a few years Hitler will emerge from the hatred that surrounds him now as one of the most significant figures who ever lived. He had boundless ambition for his country which rendered him a menace to the peace of the world, but he had a mystery about him in the way that he lived and in the manner of his death that will live and grow after him. He had in him the stuff of which legends are made.

John F. Kennedy
Country, Ambition, Years
Diary entry on August 01, 1945. "Prelude to Leadership". Book by John F. Kennedy, 1995.

We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out of work, they have the talent to put those men back to work.

John F. Kennedy
Work, Believe, Men

I really don't know why it is that all of us are so committed to the sea, except I think it is because in addition to the fact that the sea changes and the light changes, and ships change, it is because we all came from the sea. And it is an interesting biological fact that all of us have, in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and, therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears. We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch it we are going back from whence we came.

John F. Kennedy
Ocean, Thinking, Light
Remarks in Newport at the Australian Ambassador's Dinner for the America's Cup Crews on September 14, 1962. "Public Papers of the Presidents: John F. Kennedy", 1962.

We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.

John F. Kennedy
Funny, Time, Presidential
John F. Kennedy's Address in New York City to the National Association of Manufacturers, www.jfklibrary.org. December 5, 1961.

Peace does not rest in the charters and covenants alone. It lies in the hearts and minds of all people. So let us not rest all our hopes on parchment and on paper, let us strive to build peace, a desire for peace, a willingness to work for peace in the hearts and minds of all of our people. I believe that we can. I believe the problems of human destiny are not beyond the reach of human beings.

John F. Kennedy
Rest In Peace, Lying, Believe
Final Address to the United Nations General Assembly, delivered 20 September 1963, New York, NY

Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.

John F. Kennedy
Workout, Peace, War
Final Address to the United Nations General Assembly, delivered 20 September 1963, New York, NY

Liberty without Learning is always in peril and Learning without Liberty is always in vain.

John F. Kennedy
Education, Freedom, Learning
Vanderbilt University 90th Anniversary Convocation Address, delivered 18 May 1963, Vanderbilt University Stadium, Nashville Tennessee

Remember that our nation's first great leaders were also our first great scholars.

John F. Kennedy
Education, Leader, Firsts

By the age of six the average child will have completed the basic American education.... From television, the child will have learned how to pick a lock, commit a fairly elaborate bank holdup, prevent wetness all day long, get the laundry twice as white, and kill people with a variety of sophisticated armaments.

John F. Kennedy
Children, School, Average

Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process.

John F. Kennedy
Mom, Mother, Growing Up
John F. Kennedy, Dominique Enright (2003). “The Wicked Wit of John F. Kennedy”, Michael O'Mara Books

No President should fear public scrutiny of his program. For from that scrutiny comes understanding; and from that understanding comes support or opposition and both are necessary.

John F. Kennedy
Support, Understanding, President
Address to the American Newspaper Publishers, delivered 27 April 1961, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York

I look forward to an america in which commands respect throughout the world, not only for its strength, but for its civilization as well. And I look forward to a world in which we will be safe not only for democracy and diversity but also for personal distinction.

John F. Kennedy
America, Civilization, Diversity
Kennedy, John F. (1964). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963”, p.817, Best Books on

If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.

John F. Kennedy
Peace, Differences, Diversity
1963 Speech, American University, Washington DC, 10 Jun.

Let us resolve to be masters, not the victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions and emotions.

John F. Kennedy
Change, Destiny, History

My call is not to those who believe they belong to the past. My call is to those who believe in the future.

John F. Kennedy
Inspirational, Believe, Past
Speech at Civic Auditorium, Seattle, Washington, www.presidency.ucsb.edu. September 06, 1960.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.

John F. Kennedy
Inspirational, Life, Strength
"Twenty Sermons". Book by Phillips Brooks, p. 330, 1886.

Never before has man had such a great capacity to control his own environment, to end hunger, poverty and disease, to banish illiteracy and human misery. We have the power to make the best generation of mankind in the history of the world.

John F. Kennedy
Men, Hunger Poverty, Volunteer

Every area of trouble gives out a ray of hope; and the one unchangeable certainty is that nothing is certain or unchangeable.

John F. Kennedy
Hope, Cancer, Giving
Kennedy, John F. (1963). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1962”, p.9, Best Books on

Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength of the nation.

John F. Kennedy
Education, Dream, Teacher
Proclamation 3422 at the American Education Week, www.presidency.ucsb.edu. July 25, 1961.

My fellow Americans, let us take that first step. Let us...step back from the shadow of war and seek out the way of peace. And if that journey is a thousand miles, or even more, let history record that we, in this land, at this time, took the first step.

John F. Kennedy
War, Journey, Land
Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Address to the Nation, delivered 26 July 1963

The weapons of war must be abolished before they abolish us.

John F. Kennedy
War, Nuclear Disarmament, Nukes
Address to the United Nations General Assembly, delivered 25 September 1961

The final and best means of strengthening demand among consumers and business is to reduce the burden on private income and the deterrence to private initiative which are imposed by our present tax system, and this administration pledged itself last summer to an across-the-board, top-to-bottom cut in personal and corporate income taxes to be enacted and become effective in 1963.

John F. Kennedy
Summer, Mean, Cutting
Address to the Economic Club of New York, delivered 14 December 1962, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York

You know nothing for sure...except the fact that you know nothing for sure.

John F. Kennedy
Facts, Knows

Moral courage is more a rare commodity than bravery in a battle or great intelligence.

John F. Kennedy
Courage, Bravery, Battle