Will President Power Navy Cold War 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. - John F. Kennedy
Truth People We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For 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. - John F. Kennedy
Power Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both. - John F. Kennedy
Peace Fact It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war. - John F. Kennedy
Women Want I'm always rather nervous about how you talk about women who are active in politics, whether they want to be talked about as women or as politicians. - John F. Kennedy
Gratitude Words As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. - John F. Kennedy
If you see the President, tell him from me that whatever happens there will be no turning back. - Ulysses S. Grant
And History will smile to think that this is the species for which Socrates and Jesus Christ died. - Julien Benda
If a person studies too much and exhausts his reflective powers, he will be confused, and will not be able to apprehend even that which had been within the power of his apprehension. For the powers of the body are all alike in this respect. - Maimonides