♦  Israel was not created in order to disappear – Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom – John F. Kennedy

♦ Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan  – John F. Kennedy

♦ The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all  – John F. Kennedy

♦ Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures – John F. Kennedy

♦ There are many people in the world who really don’t understand-or say they don’t-what is the great issue between the free world and the Communist world. Let them come to Berlin!  – John F. Kennedy

♦ Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children’s future. And we are all mortal – John F. Kennedy

♦ The human mind is our fundamental resource – John F. Kennedy

♦ 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 F. Kennedy

♦ Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource – John F. Kennedy

♦ In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility – I welcome it – John F. Kennedy