John Fitzgerald Kennedy quotes:

We must face the fact that the United States is neither omnipotent nor omniscient; that we are only 6 percent of the world's population that we cannot impose our will upon the other 94 percent of mankind that we cannot right every wrong or reverse every adversity and that therefore there cannot be an American solution to every world problem

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth

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

I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, human liberty as the source of national action, the human heart as the source of national compassion, and in the human mind as the source of our invention and our ideas

This Nation was founded by men of many nations and backgrounds. It was founded on the principle that all men are created equal, and that the rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened

Only in the case of the Negro has the melting pot failed to bring a minority into the full stream of American life

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

If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them

She breathes all the political gases that flow around this, but she never seems to inhale them.