John F. Kennedy1917–1963The quotations of
John F. Kennedy
President of the United States from 1961 to 1963
1917–1963
68 quotes, most often on War & Peace, America and Freedom. Part of the U.S. Presidents collection.
- At the signing of a charter establishing the German Peace Corps, Bonn, West Germany (24 June 1963)
- Speech at Civic Auditorium, Seattle, Washington (6 September 1960)
- Undated Letter to a Navy friend
- Third State of the Union Address
- Remarks at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (14 June 1956)
Disarmament without checks is but a shadow — and a community without law is but a shell.
UN speechA man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas have endurance without death.
Remarks Recorded for the Opening of a USIA Transmitter at Greenville, North Carolina (8 February 1963) Audio at JFK Library (01:29—01:40) · Text of speech at The American Presidency Project- Message to Chairman Khrushchev Concerning the Meaning of Events in Cuba (18 April 1961).
- Address at a White House dinner honoring Nobel Prize winners (29 April 1962), quoted in The White House Diary, at the JFK Library
- “Remarks at the 25th Anniversary of the Signing of the Social Security Act,” Hyde Park, New York (14 August 1960)
- Speech given at the Arkansas State Fairground, Little Rock, United States of America (3 October 1963); quoted in John F. Kennedy in Quotations: A Topical Dictionary, with Sources (2013), McFarland, entry 1729
This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.
Third State of the Union AddressChildren are the world’s most valuable resource and its best hope for the future.
Re: United States Committee for UNICEF (25 July 1963)Certain other societies may respect the rule of force — we respect the rule of law.
Address at Vanderbilt University
