John F. Kennedy

"Modern cynics and skeptics see no harm in paying those to whom they entrust the minds of their children a smaller wage than they pay for a haircut."

"Life is unfair."

"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena."

"We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind that has ever lived."

"Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other."

"The courage of one man is a majority."

"A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on."

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."

"I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House."

"Compromise need not mean cowardice."

"Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate."

"Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks."

"I believe in an America that is on the march toward a destiny no man fully understands yet."

"The goal is not to become the richest in the graveyard."

"A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is not a good citizen."

"The most destructive element in the human character is the tendency to leave unfinished whatever we start."

"I want to be remembered not by what I prevented, but by what I promoted."

"Bad news isn't wine. It doesn't improve with age."

"To state the facts frankly is not pessimism; it is realism."

"The success of our whole political system depends upon the choice of the people themselves."

"We observe today not a victory of party, but a celebration of freedom."

"Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction."

"We should not let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes."

"The cause of freedom is not the cause of a nation or a group but the cause of all mankind."

"All this effort and all this wealth has been in vain if we have not prepared ourselves for an ethical and moral leadership."

"The courage of the Irish was not the courage of the immortal gladiator, but the courage of the man who undertakes a difficult task."

"I have not the slightest doubt that the people will do the right thing."

"Let us focus on a common goal, and we can achieve almost anything."

"We live in dangerous times. Our security lies not in isolation but in leadership."

"I believe that the human mind is our greatest resource for solving the problems we face."