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John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), also known as JFK, was the 35th president of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Massachusetts in both houses of the U.S. Congress before his presidency. Kennedy was the youngest elected president at 43 years, and the first Roman Catholic president.

Quotes from John F. Kennedy

Mothers may still want their sons to grow up to be President, but according to a famous Gallup poll of some years ago, some 73 percent do not want them to become politicians in the process.

—John F. Kennedy

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

—John F. Kennedy

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Liberty without learning is always in peril; learning without liberty is always in vain.

—John F. Kennedy

My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go straight.

—John F. Kennedy

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

—John F. Kennedy

The American, by nature, is optimistic. He is experimental, an inventor and a builder who builds best when called upon to build greatly.

—John F. Kennedy

This nation was founded by many men of many nations and backgrounds. It was founded on the principle that all men are created equal, and that the rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.

—John F. Kennedy

I look foreword to an America which will not be afraid of grace and beauty.

—John F. Kennedy

The stories of past courage can define that ingredient-they can teach, they can offer hope, they can provide inspiration. But they cannot supply courage itself. For this each man must look into his own soul.

—John F. Kennedy

Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.

—John F. Kennedy

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

—John F. Kennedy

So, let us not be blind to our differences - but let us also direct attention to our common interests and to the means by which those differences can be resolved.

—John F. Kennedy

We need men who can dream of things that never were.

—John F. Kennedy

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

—John F. Kennedy

Now the trumpet summons us again—not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need; not as a call to battle, though embattled we are—but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle, year in and year out, "rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation"—a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease, and war itself.

—John F. Kennedy

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