John Fitzgerald Kennedy

I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, human liberty as the source of national action, the read more

I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, human liberty as the source of national action, the human heart as the source of national compassion, and in the human mind as the source of our invention and our ideas

In the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding on the back of the tiger ended up inside.

In the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding on the back of the tiger ended up inside.

In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in read more

In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility--I welcome it.

The American presidency will demand more than ringing manifestos issued from the rear of the battle. It will demand that read more

The American presidency will demand more than ringing manifestos issued from the rear of the battle. It will demand that the President place himself in the very thick of the fight; that he care passionately about the fate of the people he leads ...

We choose to go...not because [it is] easy, but because [it is] hard, because that goal will serve to measure read more

We choose to go...not because [it is] easy, but because [it is] hard, because that goal will serve to measure and organize the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win.