We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world or to make it the last.
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John F. Kennedy
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About John F. Kennedy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, also known as JFK, was the 35th president of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. He was the youngest person elected president, at 43 years, and the first Catholic president. Kennedy served at the height of the Cold War, and the majority of his foreign policy concerned relations with the Soviet Union and Cuba. A member of the Democratic Party, Kennedy represented Massachusetts in both houses of the United States Congress before his presi…
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by John F. KennedyThe best road to progress is freedom's road.
If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.
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.
I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House - with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.
We prefer world law in the age of self-determination to world war in the age of mass extermination.