Quotes by John F. Kennedy

For in the final analysis, our most basic common link, is that we all inhabit this small planet, we all breathe the same air, we all cherish our children's futures, and we are all mortal.
(Speech at The American University, Washington, D.C., June 10, 1963)

Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.
(Speech at The American University, Washington, D.C., June 10, 1963)

The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.
(speech at Vanderbilt University, May 18, 1963)

All of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and, therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears. We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea -- whether it is to sail or to watch it -- we are going back from whence we came.
(Speech given at Newport at the dinner before the America's Cup Races, September 1962)

We need men who can dream of things that never were.
(speech in Dublin, Ireland, June 28, 1963)

The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger - but recognize the opportunity.
(Speech in Indianapolis, April 12, 1959)

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.
(speech prepared for delivery in Dallas the day of his assassination, November 22, 1963)

Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind.
(Speech to UN General Assembly, Sept. 25, 1961)