John Fitzgerald Kennedy quotes

“When we got into office, the thing that surprised me most was to find that things were just as bad as we'd been saying they were.”

— John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“We prefer world law in the age of self-determination to world war in the age of mass extermination.”

— John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“I just received the following wire from my generous Daddy; Dear Jack, Don't buy a single vote more than is necessary. I'll be damned if I'm going to pay for a landslide.”

— John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“Sure it's a big job; but I don't know anyone who can do it better than I can.”

— John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.”

— John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“The pay is good and I can walk to work.”

— John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“We cannot expect that all nations will adopt like systems, for conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.”

— John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm.”

— John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“America has tossed its cap over the wall of space.”

— John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“Domestic policy can only defeat us; foreign policy can kill us.”

— John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out of work, they have the talent to put those men back to work.”

— John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“I think 'Hail to the Chief' has a nice ring to it.”

— John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“No one has been barred on account of his race from fighting or dying for America, there are no white or colored signs on the foxholes or graveyards of battle.”

— John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process.”

— John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“The basic problems facing the world today are not susceptible to a military solution.”

— John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“I am the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris, and I have enjoyed it.”

— John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“Now we have a problem in making our power credible, and Vietnam is the place.”

— John Fitzgerald Kennedy