There is, in addition to a courage with which men die, a courage by which men must live.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Quotes
The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it – and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.
Never before has man had such capacity to control his own environment, to end thirst and hunger, to conquer poverty and disease, to banish illiteracy and massive human misery. We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world – or to make it the last.
The new and terrible dangers which man has created can only be controlled by man.
Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all.
We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.
They (right wing radicals) equate the Democratic Party with the welfare state, the welfare state with socialism, and socialism with communism. They object quite rightly to politics’ intruding on the military – but they are anxious for the military to engage in politics.
This Nation was founded by men of many nations and backgrounds. It was founded on the principal that all men are created equal, and that the rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.
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 call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle year in and year out, “rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation” – a […]
