The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds. John F. Kennedy More Quotes by John F. Kennedy More Quotes From John F. Kennedy So let us here resolve that Dag Hammarskjold did not live, or die, in vain. Let us call a truce to terror. Let us invoke the blessings of peace. And, as we build an international capacity to keep peace, let us join in dismantling the national capacity to wage war. John F. Kennedy blessing war peace No treaty, however much it may be to the advantage of all, however tightly it may be worded, can provide absolute security against the risks of deception and evasion. But it can, if it is sufficiently effective in its enforcement and if it is sufficiently in the interests of its signers, offer far more security and far fewer risks than an unabated, uncontrolled, unpredictable arms race. John F. Kennedy deception risk race Football today is far too much a sport for the few who can play it well; the rest of us, and too many of our children, get out exercise from climbing up the seats in stadiums, or from walking across the room to turn on our television sets. John F. Kennedy football sports children This knowledge, the knowledge that the physical well-being of the citizen is an important foundation for all of the activities of the nation, is as old as Western civilization itself. John F. Kennedy important civilization america If we fail to encourage physical development and prowess, we will undermine our capcity for thought, for work, and for use of those skills vital to an expanding and complex America. John F. Kennedy endurance skills america Freedom is indivisible, and when one man is enslaved, all are not free. When all are free, then we can look forward to that day when this city will be joined as one and this country and this great Continent of Europe in a peaceful and hopeful globe. When that day finally comes, as it will, the people of West Berlin can take sober satisfaction in the fact that they were in the front lines for almost two decades. All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin, and, therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words Ich bin ein Berliner. John F. Kennedy pride war country I have seen in many places housing which has been developed under government influences, but I have never seen any projects in which governments have played their part which have fountains and statues and grass and trees, which are as important to the concept of the home as the roof itself. John F. Kennedy presidential government home Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. John F. Kennedy israel home children Automation does not need to be our enemy. I think machines can make life easier for men, if men do not let the machines dominate them. John F. Kennedy men enemy thinking I think the American people expect more from us than cries of indignation and attack. The times are too grave, the challenge too urgent, and the stakes too high - to permit the customary passions of political debate. John F. Kennedy passion people thinking For to save mankind's future freedom, we must face up to any risk that is necessary. We will always seek peace - but we will never surrender. John F. Kennedy risk freedom faces If scientific discovery has not been an unalloyed blessing, if it has conferred on mankind the power not only to create but also to annihilate, it has at the same time provided humanity with a supreme challenge and a supreme testing John F. Kennedy blessing challenges discovery A wall is a hell of a lot better than a war. John F. Kennedy cold wall war There is no city in the United States in which I can get a warmer welcome and fewer votes than Columbia, Ohio. John F. Kennedy ohio cities war Above all, we are coming to understand that the arts incarnate the creativity of a free people. When the creative impulse cannot flourish, when it cannot freely select its methods and objects, when it is deprived of spontaneity, then society severs the root of art. John F. Kennedy creativity roots art In free society art is not a weapon...Artists are not engineers of the soul. John F. Kennedy soul war art We must create world-wide law and law enforcement as we outlaw world-wide war and weapon John F. Kennedy enforcement law war Many years ago the great British explorer George Mallory, who was to die on Mount Everest, was asked why did he want to climb it. He said Because it is there. Well, space is there, and were going to climb it, and the moon and the planets are there, and new hopes for knowledge and peace are there. John F. Kennedy moon peace years The great battleground for the defense and expansion of freedom today is the whole southern half of the globe... the lands of the rising peoples. Their revolution is the greatest in human history. They seek an end to injustice, tyranny and exploitation. More than an end, they seek a beginning. John F. Kennedy rising southern land I look forward to an America which will not be afraid of grace and beauty. John F. Kennedy beauty happiness america
