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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).
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When I was a Congressman I never realized how important Congress was, but now I do.
The men who create power make an indispensable contribution to the Nation's greatness, but the men who question power make a contribution just as indispensable, especially when that questioning is disinterested, for they determine whether we use power or power uses us.
I wonder how it is with you, Harold? If I don't have a woman for three days, I get terrible headaches.
And when we go back to the sea — whether it is to sail or to watch it — we are going back from whence we came.
We do not intend to abandon our duty to mankind to seek a peaceful solution.
Those problems will be solved, with patience, good will, and determination.
I see little of more importance to the future of our country and our civilization than full recognition of the place of the artist.
Such a program would protect millions of people against the hazards of radioactive fallout in the event of large-scale nuclear attack.
The purpose of foreign policy is not to provide an outlet for our own sentiments of hope or indignation; it is to shape real events in a real world.
Before my term has ended, we shall have to test anew whether a nation organized and governed such as ours can endure. The outcome is by no means certain.
Dick Nixon is the victim of the worst press that ever hit a politician in this country. What they did to him in the Helen Gahagan Douglas race was disgusting.
Kennedy and Nixon (1996)
We have the capacity to check it.
The name of Atatürk brings to mind the historic accomplishments of one of the great men of this century, his inspired leadership of the Turkish people, his perceptive understanding of the modern world and his boldness as a military leader.
No President should fear public scrutiny of his program. For from that scrutiny comes understanding; and from that understanding comes support or opposition. And both are necessary.
There are those who regard this history of past strife and exile as better forgotten. But, to use the phrase of Yeats, let us not casually reduce "that great past to a trouble of fools." For we need not feel the bitterness of the past to discover its meaning for the present and the future.
The political disposition of peoples should rest upon their own wishes, freely expressed in plebiscites or free elections.
For the unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity of opinion.
Mankind must put an end to war — or war will put an end to mankind
Two thousand years ago the proudest boast was "civis Romanus sum." Today, in the world of freedom, the proudest boast is "Ich bin ein Berliner."
Conformity is the jailor of freedom.
his Address to the United Nations General Assembly (1961)
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