“Now we have a problem in making our power credible, and Vietnam is the place.”
Power“Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.”
Motivational“Now we have a problem in making our power credible, and Vietnam is the place.”
Power“I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.”
Future“The best road to progress is freedom's road.”
Best“I don't think the intelligence reports are all that hot. Some days I get more out of the New York Times.”
Intelligence“I hope that no American will waste his franchise and throw away his vote by voting either for me or against me solely on account of my religious affiliation. It is not relevant.”
Hope“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.”
Science“If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.”
Society“My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”
Memorialday“The path we have chosen for the present is full of hazards, as all paths are. The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.”
Freedom“The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.”
Courage“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.”
Peace“Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.”
Men“Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life.”
Life“If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.”
Art“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.”
Patriotism“A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
Fear“We prefer world law in the age of self-determination to world war in the age of mass extermination.”
Age“When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.”
Wisdom“A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today - and in fact we have forgotten.”
Courage“War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.”
War