Too often we hold fast to the clichés of our forebears. We subject all facts to a prefabricated set of interpretations. We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
[Commencement Address at Yale University, June 11 1962]
The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.
John F. KennedyTags: inspirational politics human-rights
Victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan.
[News conference, April 21 1961]
Tags: victory responsibility leadership defeat
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.
John F. KennedyTags: inspirational opportunity chinese crisis danger
I really don't know why it is that all of us are so committed to the sea, except I think it's because in addition to the fact that the sea changes, and the light changes, and ships change, it's because we all came from the sea. And it is an interesting biological fact that 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.
[Remarks at the Dinner for the America's Cup Crews, September 14 1962]
Tags: science nature sea ocean sailing boats
[Public] libraries should be open to all—except the censor.
[Response to questionnaire in Saturday Review, October 29 1960]
Tags: libraries books censorship freedom-of-thought
Liberty without Learning is always in peril and Learning without Liberty is always in vain.
John F. KennedyTags: wisdom liberty education freedom
Orang yang dilimpahi banyak karunia, dituntut untuk berbuat banyak kebaikan.
John F. KennedyWhether they be young in spirit, or young in age, the members of
the Democratic Party must never lose that youthful zest for new
ideas and for a better world, which has made us great.
The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie--deliberate, contrived and dishonest--but the myth--persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. Too often we hold fast to the cliches of our forebears. We subject all facts to a prefabricated set of interpretations. We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
[Commencement Address at Yale University, June 11 1962]
Tags: truth lies thought opinion myth ideas
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