The path we have chosen for the present …

The path we have chosen for the present is full of hazards, as all paths are. … 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. (Announcing blockade of Cuba)

Quote, saying and phrase by: John Fitzgerald Kennedy

There are many people in the world who r…

There are many people in the world who really don’t understand-or say they don’t-what is the great issue between the free world and the Communist world. … Let them come to Berlin

Quote, saying and phrase by: John Fitzgerald Kennedy

To exclude from positions of trust and c…

To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44 would have kept Jefferson from writing the Declaration of Independence, Washington from commanding the Continental Army, Madison from fathering the Constitution, Hamilton from serving as secretary of the treasury, Clay from being elected speaker of the House and Christopher Columbus from discovering America.

Quote, saying and phrase by: John Fitzgerald Kennedy

To state the facts frankly is not to des…

To state the facts frankly is not to despair the future nor indict the past. The prudent heir takes careful inventory of his legacies and gives a faithful accounting to those whom he owes an obligation of trust.

Quote, saying and phrase by: John Fitzgerald Kennedy

To those people in the huts and villages…

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.

Quote, saying and phrase by: John Fitzgerald Kennedy