Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.

- John F. Kennedy

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.

- John F. Kennedy

The United States has to move very fast to even stand still.

- John F. Kennedy

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

- John F. Kennedy

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

- John F. Kennedy

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

- John F. Kennedy

Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all.

- John F. Kennedy

Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.

- John F. Kennedy

Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.

- John F. Kennedy

The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.

- John F. Kennedy

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

- John F. Kennedy

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

- John F. Kennedy

Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity.

- John F. Kennedy

I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.

- John F. Kennedy

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

- John F. Kennedy

The best road to progress is freedom's road.

- John F. Kennedy

My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

- John F. Kennedy

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

- John F. Kennedy

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.

- John F. Kennedy

Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.

- John F. Kennedy