John F. Kennedy Quotes about Survival

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There is little value in insuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it. And there is very grave danger that an announced need for increased security will be seized upon by those anxious to

There is little value in insuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it. And there is very grave danger that an announced need for increased security will be seized upon by those anxious to expand its meaning to the very limits of official censorship and concealment.

John F. Kennedy

Survival, President, Needs

Address to the American Newspaper Publishers, delivered 27 April 1961, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York

Knowledge of the oceans is more than a matter of curiosity. Our very survival may hinge upon it.

John F. Kennedy

Ocean, Survival, Curiosity

"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.

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

We shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty... All this will not be finished in the first 100 days. Nor will it be finished in the first 1000 days, nor in the life of this Administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin... And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.

John F. Kennedy

Country, Support, Survival

Inaugural address, 20 January 1961, in 'Vital Speeches' 1 February 1961, p. 227

Irrational barriers and ancient prejudices fall quickly when the question of survival itself is at stake.

John F. Kennedy

Fall, Survival, Prejudice

The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society. ... There is little value in ensuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it.

John F. Kennedy

Survival, Littles, Tradition