John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Sometimes party loyalty asks too much

Sometimes party loyalty asks too much

We must face the fact that the United States is neither omnipotent nor omniscient; that we are only 6 percent read more

We must face the fact that the United States is neither omnipotent nor omniscient; that we are only 6 percent of the world's population; that we cannot impose our will upon the other 94 percent of mankind; that we cannot right every wrong or reverse every adversity; and that therefore there cannot be an American solution to every world problem.

The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, read more

The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.

The freedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those who say, "What's mine is mine and read more

The freedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those who say, "What's mine is mine and what's yours is negotiable."

My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do read more

My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man