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Cold War5 quotes
Ich bin ein Berliner. — John F. Kennedy · 1963All 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 · 1963Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate. — John F. Kennedy · 1961We will not prematurely or unnecessarily risk the costs of worldwide nuclear war in which even the fruits of victory would be ashes in our mouth--but neither will we shrink from that risk at any time it must be faced...I call upon Chairman Khrushchev to halt and eliminate this clandestine, reckless, and provocative threat to world peace and to stable relations between our two nations...He has an opportunity now to move the world back from the abyss of destruction. — John F. Kennedy · 1962To those nations who would make themselves our adversary, we offer not a pledge but a request: that both sides begin anew the quest for peace, before the dark powers of destruction unleashed by science engulf all humanity in planned or accidental self-destruction. — John F. Kennedy · 1961American politics3 quotes
And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country. — John F. Kennedy · 1961Let 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 · 1961Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans—born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage. — John F. Kennedy · 1961Political progress3 quotes
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 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 · 1961All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand days, nor in the life of this Administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin. — John F. Kennedy · 1961Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. — John F. Kennedy · 1977The moon landing3 quotes
I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth. No single space project in this period will be more impressive to mankind, or more important for the long-range exploration of space; and none will be so difficult or expensive to accomplish...in a very real sense, it will not be one man going to the moon—if we make this judgment affirmatively, it will be an entire nation. For all of us must work to put him there. — John F. Kennedy · 1961We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills. — John F. Kennedy · 1962We choose to go to the moon. — John F. Kennedy · 1962Space Race2 quotes
I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth. No single space project in this period will be more impressive to mankind, or more important for the long-range exploration of space; and none will be so difficult or expensive to accomplish...in a very real sense, it will not be one man going to the moon—if we make this judgment affirmatively, it will be an entire nation. For all of us must work to put him there. — John F. Kennedy · 1961We choose to go to the moon. — John F. Kennedy · 1962America and the world1 quote
We will not prematurely or unnecessarily risk the costs of worldwide nuclear war in which even the fruits of victory would be ashes in our mouth--but neither will we shrink from that risk at any time it must be faced...I call upon Chairman Khrushchev to halt and eliminate this clandestine, reckless, and provocative threat to world peace and to stable relations between our two nations...He has an opportunity now to move the world back from the abyss of destruction. — John F. Kennedy · 1962American foreign policy1 quote
Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate. — John F. Kennedy · 1961American resolve1 quote
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 · 1961Americans1 quote
Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans—born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage. — John F. Kennedy · 1961Citizen and state1 quote
And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country. — John F. Kennedy · 1961Civic duty1 quote
And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country. — John F. Kennedy · 1961Cuban Missile Crisis1 quote
We will not prematurely or unnecessarily risk the costs of worldwide nuclear war in which even the fruits of victory would be ashes in our mouth--but neither will we shrink from that risk at any time it must be faced...I call upon Chairman Khrushchev to halt and eliminate this clandestine, reckless, and provocative threat to world peace and to stable relations between our two nations...He has an opportunity now to move the world back from the abyss of destruction. — John F. Kennedy · 1962Defending freedom1 quote
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. — John F. Kennedy · 1961Duty1 quote
For of those to whom much is given, much is required. — John F. Kennedy · 1961Economic inequality1 quote
If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. — John F. Kennedy · 1961Foreign policy1 quote
Ich bin ein Berliner. — John F. Kennedy · 1963Freedom1 quote
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. — John F. Kennedy · 1961Human rights1 quote
And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe—the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God. — John F. Kennedy · 1961International politics1 quote
Ich bin ein Berliner. — John F. Kennedy · 1963Leadership1 quote
Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other. — John F. Kennedy · 1963Learning1 quote
Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other. — John F. Kennedy · 1963Natural law1 quote
And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe—the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God. — John F. Kennedy · 1961Nature of progress1 quote
All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand days, nor in the life of this Administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin. — John F. Kennedy · 1961Nuclear weapons1 quote
To those nations who would make themselves our adversary, we offer not a pledge but a request: that both sides begin anew the quest for peace, before the dark powers of destruction unleashed by science engulf all humanity in planned or accidental self-destruction. — John F. Kennedy · 1961Poetry1 quote
When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses. For art establishes the basic human truth which must serve as the touchstone of our judgment. — John F. Kennedy · 1963Politics1 quote
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. — John F. Kennedy · 1977Power of art1 quote
When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses. For art establishes the basic human truth which must serve as the touchstone of our judgment. — John F. Kennedy · 1963Progress1 quote
All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand days, nor in the life of this Administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin. — John F. Kennedy · 1961Reform1 quote
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. — John F. Kennedy · 1977