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1917–1963 United States
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (29 May 1917 – 22 November 1963), often referred to by his initials JFK, Jack, or the shortening John F. Kennedy, was the 35th president of the United States (1961–1963), a United States senator from Massachusetts (1953–1960), and a United States representative (1947–1953).
United States Anti-communists Non-fiction authors Orators Politicians Also known as: Jack Kennedy, John F Kennedy, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, John Kennedy, Kennedy, Kennedy, John F.
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A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas have endurance without death.
While we shall never weary in the defense of freedom, neither shall we ever abandon the pursuit of peace.
This nation has tossed its cap over the wall of space, and we have no choice but to follow it.
A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors, the men it remembers.
Without debate, without criticism, no Administration and no country can succeed — and no republic can survive.
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
The great revolution in the history of man, past, present and future, is the revolution of those determined to be free.
Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future.
Dante once said that the hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in a period of moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.
If more politicians knew poetry, and more poets knew politics, I am convinced the world would be a little better place in which to live.
War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.
The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie — deliberate, contrived and dishonest — but the myth — persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Things don't just happen, they are made to happen.
We celebrate the past to awaken the future.
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. Today’s military rejects include tomorrow’s hard core unemployed.
We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth.
"O God, thy sea is so great and my boat is so small."
We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.
The human mind is our fundamental resource.
If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can make the world safe for diversity.
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