To state the facts frankly is not to despair the future nor indict the past. The prudent heir takes careful inventory of his legacies and gives a faithful accounting to those whom he owes an obligation of trust – John F. Kennedy

When we got into office, the thing that surprised me most was to find that things were just as bad as we’d been saying they were – John F. Kennedy

The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty, and all forms of human life – John F. Kennedy

If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him – John F. Kennedy

Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan – John F. Kennedy

Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security – John F. Kennedy