While we cannot guarantee that we shall one day be first, we can guarantee that any failure to make this effort will make us last. John F. Kennedy More Quotes by John F. Kennedy More Quotes From John F. Kennedy Not every child has an equal talent or an equal ability or equal motivation, but they should have the equal right to develop their talent and their ability and their motivation, to make something of themselves. John F. Kennedy motivationshould-havechildren I do ask every publisher, every editor, and every newsman in the nation to reexamine his own standards, and to recognize the nature of our country's peril. In time of war, the government and the press have customarily joined in an effort based largely on self-discipline, to prevent unauthorized disclosures to the enemy. In time of "clear and present danger," the courts have held that even the privileged rights of the First Amendment must yield to the public's need for national security. John F. Kennedy mistakewarcountry Immigration policy should be generous; it should be fair; it should be flexible. With such a policy we can turn to the world, and to our own past, with clean hands and a clear conscience. John F. Kennedy immigrationhandspast The education of our people should be a lifelong process by which we continue to feed new vigor into the lifestream of the Nation through intelligent, reasoned decisions. Let us not think of education only in terms of its costs, but rather in terms of the infinite potential of the human mind that can be realized through education. Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength for our Nation. John F. Kennedy intelligentdreammean The basis of effective government is public confidence. John F. Kennedy ethical-standardsbasesgovernment No man who enters upon the office to which I have succeeded can fail to recognize how every president of the United States has placed special reliance upon his faith in God. John F. Kennedy officespecialmen Our Constitution wisely assigns both joint and separate roles to each branch of the government; and a President and a Congress who hold each other in mutual respect will neither permit nor attempt any trespass. John F. Kennedy rolesgovernmentpresident The rising tide lifts all the boats. John F. Kennedy cape-codtidesrising All of us do not have equal talent, but all of us should have an equal opportunity to develop our talent. John F. Kennedy teachingeducationinspirational And lastly, Chairman Khrushchev has compared the United States to a worn-out runner living on its past performance, and stated that the Soviet Union would out-produce the United States by 1970. Without wishing to trade hyperbole with the Chairman, I do suggest that he reminds me of the tiger hunter who has picked a place on the wall to hang the tiger's skin long before he his caught the tiger. This tiger has other ideas. John F. Kennedy wallpastideas With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking his blessing and his help, but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own. John F. Kennedy landblessinglove We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world or to make it the last. John F. Kennedy generationsexperiencehistorical If I don't have a woman every three days or so I get a terrible headache. John F. Kennedy headacheterriblethree The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings. John F. Kennedy nwopoliticalpeople Lofty words cannot construct an alliance or maintain it; only concrete deeds can do that. John F. Kennedy alliancesconcretedeeds Peace does not rest in the charters and covenants alone. It lies in the hearts and minds of all people. So let us not rest all our hopes on parchment and on paper, let us strive to build peace, a desire for peace, a willingness to work for peace in the hearts and minds of all of our people. I believe that we can. I believe the problems of human destiny are not beyond the reach of human beings. John F. Kennedy rest-in-peacebelievelying A rising tide (in the economy) lifts all boats. John F. Kennedy risingpoliticspolitical We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it. John F. Kennedy permitlifehistory If more politicians knew poetry, and more poets knew politics, I am convinced the world would be a little better place in which to live. John F. Kennedy presidentialintelligenceinspirational Democracy is the superior form of government, because it is based on a respect for man as a reasonable being. John F. Kennedy democracyformmen
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