We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.
The most powerful single force in the world today is neither Communism nor Capitalism, neither the H-bomb nor the guided missile – it is man’s eternal desire to be free and independent.
A police state finds that it cannot command the grain to grow.
The best road to progress is freedom’s road.
If not us, who? If not now, when?
There can be no progress if people have no faith in tomorrow.
Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage the arts and commerce.
The Jewish people, ever since David slew Goliath, have never considered youth as a barrier to leadership.
Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength of the nation.
No one has been barred on account of his race from fighting or dying for America, there are no white or colored signs on the foxholes or graveyards of battle.
Knowledge of the oceans is more than a matter of curiosity. Our very survival may hinge upon it.
We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world or to make it the last.
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.
Of all the multitudes who throughout history have spoken for human dignity in times of great suffering and loss, no voice is more compelling than that of Anne Frank.
Above all, we are coming to understand that the arts incarnate the creativity of a free people.
As they say on my own Cape Cod, a rising tide lifts all the boats. And a partnership, by definition, serves both partners, without domination or unfair advantage. Together we have been partners in adversitylet us also be partners in prosperity.
There are many people in the world who really don’t understand-or say they don’t-what is the great issue between the free world and the Communist world. Let them come to Berlin!
We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things. Not because they are easy, but because they are hard.
The problems with this world cannot possibly be solved by sceptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need people who can dream of things that never were.
We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out of work, they have the talent to put those men back to work.