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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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When consumers purchase more goods, plants use more of their capacity, men are hired instead of laid off, investment increases and profits are high.
This Nation, for all its hopes and all its boasts, will not be fully free until all its citizens are free.
The Federal Budget can and should be made an instrument of prosperity and stability, not a deterrent to recovery.
We have become more and more not a nation of athletes but a nation of spectators.
Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country.
To sound the alarm is not to panic but to seek action from an aroused public.
In the Chinese language, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters, one representing danger and the other, opportunity.
Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.
Speech at Amherst College (1963)
Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity.
No government or social system is so evil that its people must be considered as lacking in virtue.
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.
To further the appreciation of culture among all the people, to increase respect for the creative individual, to widen participation by all the processes and fulfillments of art — this is one of the fascinating challenges of these days.
Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education.
It is thinking of the next campaign – the desire to be re-elected – that provides the second pressure on the conscientious Senator...
Profiles in Courage (1956)
This decoration which has gone from the ground up — here.
We cannot, under the scrutiny of a free press and public, tell different stories to different audiences, foreign and domestic, friendly and hostile.
For one true measure of a nation is its success in fulfilling the promise of a better life for each of its members. Let this be the measure of our nation.
Partnership is not a posture but a process-a continuous process that grows stronger each year as we devote ourselves to common tasks.
Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners. And necessity has made us allies. Those whom nature hath so joined together, let no man put asunder.
While we shall negotiate freely, we shall not negotiate freedom.
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