Top 111 Quotes by John F. Kennedy

I don't think the intelligence reports are all that hot. Some days I get more out of the New York Times.

I hope that no American will waste his franchise and throw away his vote by voting either for me or against me solely on account of my religious affiliation. It is not relevant.

Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes... can no longer be of concern to great powers alone.

Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life.

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!'

I am sorry to say that there is too much point to the wisecrack that life is extinct on other planets because their scientists were more advanced than ours.

In a very real sense, it will not be one man going to the moon it will be an entire nation. For all of us must work to put him there.

The best road to progress is freedom's road.

The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.

When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.