As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. Read Summary
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. Read Summary
There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction. Read Summary
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. Read Summary
My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. Read Summary
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. Read Summary
Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly. Read Summary
We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us thru that darkness to a safe and sane future. Read Summary
We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch - we are going back from whence we came. Read Summary
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. Read Summary
A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures - and that is the basis of all human morality. Read Summary
When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses. Read Summary
Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others. Read Summary
It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war. Read Summary
War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today. Read Summary
The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men who can dream of things that never were. Read Summary
Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life. Read Summary
If anyone is crazy enough to want to kill a president of the United States, he can do it. All he must be prepared to do is give his life for the president's. Read Summary
Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan. Read Summary
Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future. Read Summary