“The human mind is our fundamental resource.”
“We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.”
“For of those to whom much is given, much is required.”
“The margin is narrow, but the responsibility is clear.”
“The unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity of opinion.”
“Let us never negotiate out of fear but let us never fear to negotiate.”
“This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.”
“The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.”
“The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds.”
“It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.”
“... ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.”
“If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.”
“If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.”
“A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is not likely to have what it takes to make a living.”
“Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.”
“We dare not tempt them with weakness. For only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will never be employed.”
“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie -- deliberate, contrived, and dishonest -- but the myth -- persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.”
“I have just received the following wire from my generous daddy: "Dear Jack – Don’t buy a single vote more than necessary – I’ll be damned if I am going to pay for a landslide."”
“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.”
“I am certain that after the dust of centuries has passed over our cities, we, too, will be remembered not for victories or defeats in battle or in politics, but for our contribution to the human spirit.”
“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.”
“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.”
“To those people in the huts and villages of half the globe struggling to break the bonds of mass misery, we pledge our best efforts to help them help themselves, for whatever period is required, not because the Communists may be doing it, not because we seek their votes, but because it is right. If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.”
“Life is unfair.”
“Failure has no friends.”
“Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all.”
“The basis of effective government if public confidence.”
“The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shinning.”
“You never know what's hit you. A gunshot is the perfect way.”