As they say on my own Cape Cod, a rising tide lifts all the boats. And a partnership, by definition, serves both partners, without domination or unfair advantage. Together we have been partners in adversitylet us also be partners in prosperity.


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The United States has to move very fast to even stand still.
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Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
All this will not be finished in the first 100 days. Nor will it be finished in the first 1,000 da...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
In giving rights to others which belong to them, we give rights to ourselves and to our country
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
So let us begin anew - remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincer...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
Now the trumpet summons us again -- not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need -- not as a call...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
The full use of your powers along lines of excellence.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, human liberty as the source of nationa...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
You can milk a cow the wrong way once and still be a farmer, but vote the wrong way on a water tower...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
The President is merely the most important among a large number of public servants. He should be s...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do f...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
Ask not what your country can do for you: Ask what you can do for your country.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
Sometimes party loyalty asks too much
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
We choose to go...not because [it is] easy, but because [it is] hard, because that goal will serve t...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
Only in the case of the Negro has the melting pot failed to bring a minority into the full stream of...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
The freedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those who say, "What's mine is m...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public lif...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
People have not been horrified by war to a sufficient extent ... War will exist until that distant d...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
We cannot expect that all nations will adopt like systems, for conformity is the jailer of freedom a...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more ...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
Modern cynics and skeptics... see no harm in paying those to whom they entrust the minds of their ch...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
The American presidency will demand more than ringing manifestos issued from the rear of the battle....
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been ...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
I think "Hail to the Chief" has a nice ring to it.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
The poet and the politician have this in common: their greatness depends on the courage with which t...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
I know my Republican friends were glad to see my wife feeding an elephant in India. She gave him sug...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
Sometimes party loyalty asks too much.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out of work, they have th...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
If it wasn't for dogs, some people would never go for a walk.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
We must face the fact that the United States is neither omnipotent nor omniscient; that we are only ...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
The purpose of foreign policy is not to provide an outlet for our own sentiments of hope or indignat...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
A police state finds that it cannot command the grain to grow.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disp...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
We dare not tempt them with weakness. For only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be c...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
I have just received the following wire from my generous Daddy. It says, Dear Jack: Don't buy a sing...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
The margin is narrow, but the responsibility is clear.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
There is no city in the United States in which I can get a warmer welcome and fewer votes than Colum...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
I see little of more importance to the future of our country and of civilization than full recogniti...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
In free society art is not a weapon. Artists are not engineers of the soul.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
True happiness is the full use of your powers along lines of excellence in a life affording scope.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
According to the ancient Chinese proverb, "A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single st...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
An economy hampered by restrictive tax rates will never produce enough revenue to balance our budget...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of deeds, let us go forth ...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
You can milk a cow the wrong way once and still be a farmer, but vote the wrong way on a water tower...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
It was involuntary. They sank my boat.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
I think 'Hail to the Chief' has a nice ring to it.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY