John F. Kennedy Quotes

• We’re heading into nut country today.

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  Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.

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  Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

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  We cannot negotiate with those who say, “What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.

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  I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute.

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  Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.

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• Children are the world’s most valuable resource and its best hope for the future.

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• You never know what’s hit you. A gunshot is the perfect way.

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• You don’t fire God.

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• The three most overrated things in the world are the state of Texas, the FBI, and hunting trophies.

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• What your government believes is its own business; what it does in the world is the world’s business.

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• We in this country, in this generation, are—by destiny, rather than choice—the watchmen on the walls of the world.

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• The definition of happiness of the Greeks…is full use of your powers along lines of excellence. I find, therefore, the Presidency provides some happiness.

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• When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man’s concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.

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• The highest duty of the writer, the composer, the artist is to remain true to himself… In serving his vision of the truth, the artist best serves his nation.

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• For the first time, we have been able to reach an agreement which can limit the dangers of this age.

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• We have never had to put a wall up to keep our people in, to prevent them from leaving us.

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• Let it not be said of this Atlantic generation that we left ideals and visions to the past, nor purpose and determination to our adversaries. We have come too far, we have sacrificed too much to disdain the future now.

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• He [John Hoban] believed by incorporating several features of the Dublin style he would make it more home-like for any President of Irish descent. It was a long wait, but I appreciate his efforts.

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• History teaches us that enmities between nations…do not last forever. We must conduct our affairs in such a way that it becomes in the communists’ interests to agree on a genuine peace…to let each nation choose its own future, so long as that choice does not interfere with the choices of others. If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.

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John F. Kennedy (155)

Birth:	29th May, 1917
Death:	22nd November, 1963
Nationality:	American
Profession:	President

About

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK) was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA. He was an American Democratic politician who served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963. He represented Massachusetts in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate prior to becoming president. He studied at London School of Economics, Princeton University, and Stanford Graduate School of Business. He earned a BA degree from Harvard University in 1940. During World War II, Kennedy commanded a series of PT boats in the Pacific theater and earned the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for his service. While serving in the Senate, he published Profiles in Courage, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography.

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